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21 day solo in August
by bobcole

Trip Type: Paddling Canoe
Entry Date: 07/31/2014
Entry & Exit Point: Moose Lake (EP 25)
Number of Days: 23
Group Size: 1
Day 10 of 23
Saturday, August 09, 2014

Lazy day. Woke up around 6 to light sprinkles so I decided to sleep in until it stopped. Finally got up around 7:30 and made breakfast. The bay in front of the site was really shallow and I wanted to throw a worm out on a bobber but I realized I forgot bobbers. No worries, I fashioned a bobber out of a piece of wood and some duct tape. Tossed it a good way out and started dishes while keeping an eye on it.

Right after getting done with dishes my bobber took off and I pulled in a nice size pike. Too big too eat so I decided to toss him back. My clothes/canoe were muddy as hell from the day before, so I gave everything a good cleaning in the lake, myself included. As I was cleaning the canoe another canoe passed by with two people in it. They were on the Adams island site and were day tripping to Boulder to check out the Boulder/Cap portage. They were going to be doing it the following day but wanted to walk it without gear first.

I decided to forgo the portage exploration today, and waited on a report from those two. I made some coffee and took to the lake for a bit of fishing while I waited. Didn't catch anything worth talking about and about 2.5 hours later the two people came back from the portage. They gave me the rundown and I heard exactly what I expected, which was, in summary, "That portage sucks."