BWCA Entry Point, Route, and Trip Report Blog
January 07 2025
Entry Point 29 - North Kawishiwi River
Number of Permits per Day: 1
Elevation: 1249 feet
Latitude: 47.9543
Longitude: -91.5641
North Kawishiwi River - 29
Reid’s first trip
Entry Date:
July 31, 2024
Entry Point:
Lake One
Number of Days:
4
Group Size:
2
Day 1. 0430 came early but could hardly sleep anyways. I snuck out got the canoe loaded and float tested. Went back and got Reid up out of bed and we pushed off at 0600. Little bit of a headwind on the way in but nothing terrible.
My goal was to make it through the portages and anything after that was icing on the cake. We made quick work of the portages each doing a double trip and then one of us double checking we didn’t miss anything. We stopped between the portages to let him explore the rapids, I think he could have spent hours there. Shockingly enough never encountered anyone at the portages.
Found a campsite that was suitable for Reid and I with 3 trees perfect to put our hammocks in and be close to each other. Also had fresh moose tracks in it. Reid took a cat nap to test his hammock out. We got camp all set up. (I mean I did, he fished) I can still hear the whopper plopper plopping in my head right now. Maybe tomorrow I’ll teach him a walk the dog bait. I will say it’s crazy seeing smallies in 30 ft of water come screaming up to whack it. Safe to say he’s in love with topwater fishing
Later on before coming in for dinner we found a school of big bluegills out in the main basin. We did some swimming and floating then got a fire going and made the customary ribeyes on the first night. Took care of the dishes, did another swim, we got a great little beach on the campsight. Over by where our hammocks are situated on a rock face that drops into 20 ft of water. So I rigged a few lighted slip bobbers up and we sat on the rock and went through a couple dozen leeches in a few hours shockingly enough I got outfished by the boy so now I owe him a pocket knife. He also wants walleye for breakfast so we got a couple nice ones on a 25 ft rope sitting out in the deep water. I’m curious and will be shocked if a turtle doesn’t find them by morning. But I can also say I’ve never had a stringer tied to a hammock before i can feel them still pulling on it haha.
Was a little nervous about him sleeping in a hammock alone, but he’s sawing logs pretty good over there. I’m excited to see how well we sleep and feel tomorrow but so far these things are way better than a tent.
The one on one time and the heart to heart conversations have been worth it alone. 
Day 1. 0430 came early but could hardly sleep anyways. I snuck out got the canoe loaded and float tested. Went back and got Reid up out of bed and we pushed off at 0600. Little bit of a headwind on the way in but nothing terrible.
My goal was to make it through the portages and anything after that was icing on the cake. We made quick work of the portages each doing a double trip and then one of us double checking we didn’t miss anything. We stopped between the portages to let him explore the rapids, I think he could have spent hours there. Shockingly enough never encountered anyone at the portages.
Found a campsite that was suitable for Reid and I with 3 trees perfect to put our hammocks in and be close to each other. Also had fresh moose tracks in it. Reid took a cat nap to test his hammock out. We got camp all set up. (I mean I did, he fished) I can still hear the whopper plopper plopping in my head right now. Maybe tomorrow I’ll teach him a walk the dog bait. I will say it’s crazy seeing smallies in 30 ft of water come screaming up to whack it. Safe to say he’s in love with topwater fishing
Later on before coming in for dinner we found a school of big bluegills out in the main basin. We did some swimming and floating then got a fire going and made the customary ribeyes on the first night. Took care of the dishes, did another swim, we got a great little beach on the campsight. Over by where our hammocks are situated on a rock face that drops into 20 ft of water. So I rigged a few lighted slip bobbers up and we sat on the rock and went through a couple dozen leeches in a few hours shockingly enough I got outfished by the boy so now I owe him a pocket knife. He also wants walleye for breakfast so we got a couple nice ones on a 25 ft rope sitting out in the deep water. I’m curious and will be shocked if a turtle doesn’t find them by morning. But I can also say I’ve never had a stringer tied to a hammock before i can feel them still pulling on it haha.
Was a little nervous about him sleeping in a hammock alone, but he’s sawing logs pretty good over there. I’m excited to see how well we sleep and feel tomorrow but so far these things are way better than a tent.
The one on one time and the heart to heart conversations have been worth it alone. "left" >
Reid called it the bad luck day. Had a great nights rest until 345 when Reid woke up and forgot where he was. So I crawled into his hammock. Wasn’t very much later and the bottom of the hammock split right down the middle. Dumping both of us onto the ground. So I got up and decided to try to nap in the chair for a little bit longer and put reid in the other hammock. He went back to snoozing until like 8:30. I went through a quick dozen leeches. Added a few nice ones to the stringer. Kinda nice having a long stringer and access to deep water to keep em alive until you want to clean them.
Reid and I went out on main lake structure pitching finishers and had a pretty good couple of hours. Then the wind came and we were pretty much shore bound the rest of the day. So we relaxed and chatted and read books and went swimming. Went to go grab a couple walleyes off the stringer. Damn this feels really heavy. Yep, big old snapper was having his own meal of our fish. So we went and soaked some leeches again off the rock and picked up dinner.
We re did the hammock in hopes that we can both sleep in it tonight. We took a half hour cat nap and I think we can make the most of it. Otherwise I’m sitting in the chair or sleeping on a rock.
The only thing I can think of is that the hammock caught an edge of a sharp rock and that’s what did it. 500 pound weight capacity so it wasn’t that, or it was just a defect. I spent months researching which one to get and asked tons of questions. Anywho, I didn’t think the company would do anything for me, but I went through the warranty process while having oatmeal. While I was making pizzas at lunch I had gotten an email apologizing for it and it happening in the middle of no where. (Yet we could watch Netflix out here if we wanted) They said they were going to replace but thought that I should have the next model up that’s a bit thicker. By dinner I had the shipping information. Just unreal to me. All in all a simple but great day 2.
Reid is already writing down the plans for 2025 and that we need to bring Henry with but we need to get him in a canoe at home to practice. 
