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Knife Lake
by muskieman

Trip Type: Paddling Canoe
Entry Date: 06/01/2008
Entry & Exit Point: Snowbank Lake (EP 27)
Number of Days: 6
Group Size: 2
Day 5 of 6
Thursday, June 05, 2008 Day 5 we awoke to some menacing clouds and could almost feel the rain coming, we got up anyways and had some oatmeal before we headed out to try and get some walleyes. We fished mainly around the island foccusing on fallen trees that went deep down into the water, and did very well catching small walleyes and the occasional pike on slip bobbers and leeches, We also got broken off twice by a big fish that we never saw. We took a a couple of walleyes back with us and cooked them up in butter with lemon pepper served on a bed of rice. We went down to the shore for the evening bite and were amazed at how calm the lake was. We werent down there for more than 30 mn when fish started surfacing all over. We figured they were smallmouth so marc tied on a topwater lure and i set up my flyrod with a dahlberg diver and we chased the surfacing fish all over, unfortunatley no bites, a little discouraged we headed back to camp and called it a night.