Boundary Waters, Trip Reports, BWCA, Stories

Shell Lake June 2021
by SEMNFLYGUY

Trip Type: Paddling Canoe
Entry Date: 06/10/2021
Entry & Exit Point: Little Indian Sioux River (north) (EP 14)
Number of Days: 5
Group Size: 4
Day 3 of 5
Friday, June 11, 2021 The story of days 4 and 5 was wind. We had a 15-20 mph wind blowing right onto our campsite for both days. Day three was the only day it wasn’t in the mid 80’s, instead I don’t think it got to 70 and it rained occasionally for much of the morning. We mostly stayed in camp or explored the lake nearby. It was a year for wildlife visitors to camp. Fortunately NOT the bears that became a problem later in the year. Shell has a pair of Trumpeter Swans that often flew past our campsite. We had a Mayfly hatch every evening, probably contributed to the very slow fishing… We had many Dragonfly larva come into camp to molt. There was a very persistent Snapping turtle that kept coming into camp to lay eggs. My wife had quite an encounter with her while we were out fishing early on day 5. Very fortunately, the wildlife we did not have in camp was skeeters or biting flies.