My First Real Trip - Mudro Loop
by Aguynamedjosh
I slept in today, 7:30am lol. Made a cup of coffee and grabbed my book - this quote stood out to me as I looked out on Fourtown Lake. "You know then what you had always been told -- that the world once lived and grew without adding machines and newsprint and the tyranny of clocks." Karen Blixen Today was a big breakfast, eggs, bacon toast and oatmeal. Drew and I fed ourselves and loaded up the canoe to prepare for our day of fishing. We both said we aren't coming back to camp without a walleye dinner! We headed out a little island by our campsite and had a few bites in the morning but nothing to get excited about. I decided to move to a new spot so we paddled toward Horse Lake where I had heard of good bass fishing at the inlet. We paddled down and ended up having lunch and swimming in this little rapid we found. Ended up being a nice break and helped me re-energize for an afternoon of fishing. Once we finished eating we loaded back up and made our way back toward the north end of Fourtown. I was convinced the island I had been trying was a good spot and just needed the fishing to turn on. We got back to the island at about 3-3:30. Not one bite until 5:30 when I switched our lures to a mimic worm I had bought from northland tackle. Drew threw his line out and BAM! He hits our first walleye! He reeled in the walleye and she was a beauty! He handed the rod back to me so I could land the fish and trying to be Billy Badass I decided against the net. As soon as I went to grab the walleye she spit the hook and swam back down to the depths - took our confidence with it lol. We both looked at each other and threw the lines back out. No more than 3 casts later and BAM! Drew had walleye number two. We put this little one in the net and Drew wanted a photo with it, I went to hand the net up to him and dropped it in the water, that's drew's 2nd fish we lost. He is now boiling and no longer speaking to me lol. Luckily Drew had all of the luck, he caught two more walleye that were perfect size for eating. He also landed two crappie and I was able to catch two smallies. From 5:30 to 8 we caught 4 walleye, 2 crappie and 2 smallies. Sun burnt & tired we made our way back to camp to FINALLY prepare our walleye dinner. We deep fried one fish and grilled one fish and it was spectacular. I made my famous bacon mac n cheese to go with the fish and I think it was a big hit with Drew. After a very tough week of fishing, those walleye really hit the spot. Drew and I ate the remaining sour patch kids I had brought, cleaned the dishes and went right to bed. Our last night in the BWCA was incredibly beautiful.