Thursday, August 18, 2022 Up early this morning, about 5:15, headed out towards the kitchen area to watch the sunrise. We whipped up some coffee and tea to go with our bacon, egg, and cheese bagels. We hatched a plan for the day, work our way to Beartrap to chase some walleye. It would entail three portages going thru Mudhole and Thunder. We were unaware of the floating bog landing at Mudhole and made for an interesting time getting the canoe launched there. We managed and quickly scooted across to the Thunder portage and made quick work of it. We fished for smallies on Thunder towards Beartrap. There wasn't much action, just a couple small northern. We made it to Beartrap and worked a couple shorelines for smallies, nothing doing so we switched to walleyes. It was sunny, hot, and flat calm, the walleye weren't to interested as we trolled spinners around the small islands. After a lunch break (blueberry bagel with summer sausage and cheese, odd combo but quite tasty!) on the islands we noticed it was starting to cloud up some and the wind was picking up. We thought we'd give the north shore and eastern island one more shot before we headed back. We picked up for nice walleye and a decent northern before some thunder and looming clouds pushed us back to camp. It didn't storm but we could hear thunder all evening and got a little shower. Kyle had some pad thai and I did a cup of soup. We went out on Gull for some evening smallie action and I landed a dandy. The day concluded with some pudding fireside.~Mudhole Lake, Thunder Lake, Beartrap Lake

Lakes Traveled:   Mudhole Lake, Thunder Lake, Beartrap Lake,