Boundary Waters, Trip Reports, BWCA, Stories

June 2020 Brant to Kekekabic
by ponddigger

Trip Type: Paddling Kayak
Entry Date: 06/12/2020
Entry Point: Brant Lake (EP 52)
Exit Point: Missing Link Lake (EP 51)  
Number of Days: 8
Group Size: 1
Day 7 of 8
Thursday, June 18, 2020 I woke up and got a good breakfast, planning on bushwacking a trail into Mavis. It took me nearly 2 hours to finally determine that I can't follow contour maps very well, and that there was definitively no trace of any trail going into Mavis. The father/daughter group joined me. We cleared a portage the 45 rods down and back up a ravine, and finally made it to Mavis around noon. we both fished for over 3 hours, and didn't get a single bite. I borrowed a battery from them, and went back with my fish finder. I didn't mark a single decent sized fish in the whole lake in nearly 2 hours. I decided to call it quits, and headed back to Missing link to try my luck there. After another 2-3 hours of casting with only 1 bite, I called it a night and ate the rest of my mac'n' cheese with bacon dinners. Moral of the story is that bushwacking may end well, or may end in disappointment. I still am glad I put in the effort! Daily totals: 1 very intense bushwack into Mavis, no fish