Moose R. North to Iron/LLC. First as a trip "leader"
by cyclones30
Trip Type:
Paddling Canoe
Entry Date:
05/30/2015
Entry & Exit Point:
Moose/Portage River (north) (EP 16)
Number of Days:
7
Group Size:
5
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Day 6 of 7
Thursday, June 04, 2015 - We wanted to get closer to the entry point today so we could get back to Ely at a good time on Friday. Forecast said we’d have clear skies and a north wind and they were right about the wind, wrong on the blue skies. It rained until about 11 am. We had a nice easy paddle down Boulder Bay and portaged into the pool below the small falls. Caught a couple nice fish (all went back) and proceeded across Agnes. She was rolling pretty good by the time we got to the south end of the lake. The whole time we were looking for a site to at least have lunch. We could only find one open site and it was very sub-par from what we’d been spoiled with on our first three. We ate a quick lunch and decided continuing to Nina Moose was a better idea (or gamble). We passed no less than 8 canoes going back north on the river between Nina Moose and Agnes, only to have most of the sites taken and some nice rollers headed their way when they hit the lake. We checked a couple sites on Nina Moose and decided on a nice one with the breeze and south facing point to help dry out all our wet gear. Blue skies finally arrived and we had a nice relaxing time drying stuff out and setting up camp. We tried to catch some fish in the afternoon, but only one northern wanted to play and it was right from the campsite.