Poplar to Winchell Loop
by BWfishingfanatic12
Today was a layover day with no traveling so most people slept in myself included. For the first time all trip it was cloudy when we woke up. We made some muffin/ pancakes for breakfast and we just sat around and drank some cider and hot chocolate and just shared about life a bit. It was a free day so a few went exploring, a couple just relaxed, and a couple went out fishing. It wasn’t too eventful of a day just a lot of quality times with friends and exploring God’s beautiful creation. Wind slowly picked up throughout the day and started drizzling early afternoon. Managed a couple bass and Northerns but again not too much luck. We retreated inside our tent to play some more cards and wait out the rain. It lasted for about 3 hours. After that we made some soup for supper which was nice because it was chilly and wet. It sure hit the spot. No one was really up for fishing but me so I headed off alone into the drizzly but now calm evening. I went out to the same spot from the night before and it was the same type of bite. I managed 8 walleyes that night but the biggest was probably like 16” so they were all pretty small but again they were being finicky. The previous night we caught them casting and retrieving jigs but this night I didn’t catch any like that. The only way I could catch them was dropping my jig straight down and letting it sit a couple feet off the bottom and they would tap it. It again was very light though so it was tough to catch them. I measured the depth with the anchor and set my slip bobber up for the right depth cast it out and again nothing. I don’t understand that at all (i don't know why they wouldn't bite on a leech). It was just very peculiar to me. Once it was dark I threw out a blue rapala and trolled back to camp and caught a decent smallie which was a nice caper to the evening. The others were all sitting around the campfire when I got back so we just sat and talked about life more and all the different changes and transitions our lives are taking (we all just graduated college or about to). We used up the rest of our hot drinks and just enjoyed our last evening in the BWCA. I always save my mint hot chocolate for the last night. It is very nostalgic for me.