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OUR FIRST LOOP
by paddelingruth

Trip Type: Paddling Canoe
Entry Date: 08/20/2018
Entry & Exit Point: East Bearskin Lake (EP 64)
Number of Days: 6
Group Size: 2
Day 2 of 6
Tuesday, August 21, 2018 We slept in until 8:00 am, had our pancakes with blueberries…. We headed out fishing on Canoe lake no bites or anything, the neighbors were out at their camp taking pictures. We decided to portage into Crystal Lake. Easy portage and nice little lake the sun decided to shine for a while. I caught 2 small mouth bass one was 17 inches long. We ate our lunch at the 1st campsite on Crystal lake, the camp is on a big rock that is really sloped. We pumped water there and it was crystal clear. While we were pumping water, we had a single canoe with a guy paddle over and ask us what was our intentions. There were a few other people on the portage waiting for his answer. We told them strictly honorable!!Ha! We were camping on Canoe just fishing here, he then headed on to look at camp sites on Crystal Lake. The sky was starting to look stormy and the wind was picking up. It made it difficult to get back to camp but we made it. It was a relief to make it back to camp. Dan cleaned the bigger fish and we had the bass for supper with mashed potatoes! Yummy! Beautiful night partial sun and no wind.