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January 07 2025

Entry Point 20 - Angleworm Lake

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Angleworm Lake entry point allows overnight paddle only. This entry point is supported by Kawishiwi Ranger Station near the city of Ely, MN. The distance from ranger station to entry point is 18 miles. Access is a 640-rod portage to Angleworm Lake.

Number of Permits per Day: 2
Elevation: 1260 feet
Latitude: 48.0659
Longitude: -91.9303
Angleworm Lake - 20

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Mudro to Crooked (Smallmouth Bonanza)

by Rugbyguy

Trip Report

Entry Date: June 13, 2012
Entry Point: Mudro Lake
Number of Days: 5
Group Size: 2

Trip Introduction:

Tuesday, June 12 Gage and I loaded up the SUV, left the Twin Cities around 9:00am, and headed for Ely. The weather was perfect and we were filled with excitement for our trip. This would be Gage’s, age 15, first trip to the BWCAW. This would be my eighth adventure to the most beautiful landscape in Minnesota, my sixth year in a row entering at Mudro Lake. We arrived in Ely early afternoon and stopped for leeches at The Great Outdoors. We decided to check out some local lakes before heading to our destination on Burntside Lake for the evening. We ended up stopping at Garden Lake to make a few casts. Gage had four walleyes on in short order and there were smiles all around. I was tossing a Skitterpop hoping for some blowups on top, but after a halfhearted swing on my first cast, I was shut out. We arrived at a friend’s cabin on Burntside in time for dinner. After generous helpings of tator tot hotdish, we headed down to the dock to make a few casts. Half a dozen smallmouth bass later, we called it an evening.

Report

Thursday, July 07, 2011. Everybody has decided to sleep in, go figure… again. The first day is always the toughest. I start the fire, coffee, scrapple and eggs and the starving horde stumbles down the hill. While breakfast is cooking my son Nick throws a lure in and brings in a 30” fat walleye! We don't need any fish yet so it is pictures and back to the lake. This is the first real fishing anybody has done yet and bingo the game is on. They wolf down breakfast and grab rods for a days worth of fishing. We thought it was going to be as easy as Nick made it look but it didn't work out as well as planned. I think we caught five or six fish that day, not the bounty we were looking for. We swam, fished, ate, explored, read, and drank. The weather was great and we enjoyed every minute of it. Every time I looked up somebody was grabbing some thing out of the bear barrel. I don't want to be the Food Nazi but the young Boys are treating the barrel like a pantry. The key is to keep them occupied. More work equals less food. Is the fire wood cut? Is your tent clean? Are the dishes done? Do we have enough water? We had chicken thighs and legs over rice with gravy and broccoli. We saved the chicken bones for soup for our next lunch. So far our meals have been good. It is just tough making them wait for their next meal but they are learning. More sipping, stars and another good night sleep.