Big Beartrack - Thumb - Finger - and back.

Finally a real fishing day! After some biscuits and gravy (which were awesome) we had a quick portage and paddle to Thumb lake and then to Finger. I thought for sure we were going to see a moose in the fog, but we did not.

Trolled the west bank of finger for walleye with only a couple of bites. No fish. Then Evan caught 4 pike in a row on the NE side of the lake. We caught a couple other bass and ended up eating a pike and a bass for lunch at a campsite that sits on an island. This campsite is badass. There was a huge boulder field in the middle of the island that looks like something out of a movie. Lunch was awesome, I cut up some lemon and layered the fish with butter, lemon and a cajun shake seasoning mix. I think I actually enjoyed eating the bass more than the pike.

After lunch the fishing would heat up for the rest of the trip. Evan caught a FAT 18 inch smallie on a white mepps over a downed tree and we started to develop a pattern (at least until Evan lost his white mepps on same downed tree. haha.) But we did decide that silver bladed baits when it was sunny and gold when it was cloudy seemed to work well. I even caught a walleye on a white spinnerbait while fishing for bass. We caught fish all day long and even caught a couple on top water baits.

Another funny story: Evan lost a lure to a pike. That pike would later follow my lure, with Evan's lure still stuck in its mouth. After that, the same pike jumped out of the water trying to shake the lure out and almost jumped into the boat!

We filleted the walleye and headed back to Little Beartrack for the night. On our way back we saw 3 otters swimming in Big Beartrack, but couldn't dig our camera's out in time. It turned out okay thought because they enjoyed watching us paddle by as much as we enjoyed watching them watching us.

Dinner consisted of walleye, mashed potatoes and gravy, Jim, Jerry, and the rest of the wine.