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2014 - Second trip to BWCA
by 30Smoke

Trip Type: Paddling Canoe
Entry Date: 08/05/2014
Entry & Exit Point: East Bearskin Lake (EP 64)
Number of Days: 6
Group Size: 7
Day 5 of 6
Friday, August 08, 2014 After breakfast, camp was packed and we headed for Little Caribou, hoping for the campsite in the narrows. It was taken. We then made it into Caribou and took Campsite 691. It was a very nice site with lots of room to spread out. The Kids went swimming/fishing – Karl found out if you knocked rocks together, curious Smallmouths would investigate. Next thing you knew, the kids had fishing rods in the water while swimming. I got a chance to fish with Peter that night and we were getting into the Smallmouth on a sunken island off the campsite. I remember seeing the full moon as we fished (thought about my Dad) and thought I landed another Bass, but when I tried to grab it by the lower jaw, teeth sunk into my thumb and I realized in the dimming light that I had a walleye! We kept the Wally and decided to go into camp. Since we had already had dinner, we tied the fish up by shore and decided he would make a great breakfast. This night Peter said, “Where there is Smoke, there is fire” labeling me as the firemaker! We went to sleep that night knowing we would be leaving the BWCA the next morning.