Thursday, September 08, 2016 I was up before dawn and tried some shoreline fishing with some live craws which we caught last night. There wasn't even one bite even though I tried the TGO method from depths of 3-9 feet! Our goal today was (and I do mean was) Ogishkemuncie. Wind was at our back which made traveling fast. Our first lake was EDDIE which brought out a few hoops and hollers for our Trails End chef EDDIE. Onto Jenny and then Annie in which we found the entire shoreline lined with dying trees due to a beaver dam raising the lake level a few feet!. Ogish saw the winds picking up even more so we decided to try for a protected spot. No luck as people were almost everywhere! Traveling was fast so we decided onto Jasper after taking a short break for jerky and Gorp. Putting in Kingfisher, Deny was nice enough to let Goose & I try out his bent paddle. We both liked it at which point we finally figured out how those two could paddle as fast or faster than us. They both had bent paddles. Jasper was also full of people so we headed into Alpine. Both our chosen spots were occupied but we did find one on the west side of the lake which worked out fine. Camp was set up and drying out of everything was started. Dinner was chicken and black bean burritos which were good but the beans stayed with us for 1 1/2 days! Fishing was slow so we decided to go "ALL IN" on the alcohol. This Deny's reaction when he found out the reserve of Scotch was also empty! A "REAL GOOD" fire was enjoyed by all.