-Low 80s with building wind throughout the day.

-Nothing too much to report over these last couple days. We wanted to get an early start on our long travel day out to Seagull. We would camp our last night somewhere on Seagull Lake. The group woke up early and broke camp and headed out early to beat the wind as much as we could. It was a beautiful morning with a light breeze as we paddled across SAK lake. I vowed to my brother that it would not be another 10 years until we returned, and he agreed and said we need to make it every few years to this awesome location.

The travel day was uneventful. The wind started to pick up fairly quickly but thankfully it was at our backs. We snacked some and talked as the wind blew us down Ogish. I stayed on that lake a couple years ago and did pretty well in early June for Walleye but that trip was very windy. I would not mind staying a night or two on this lake in the future as well. We covered the lakes and short portages fairly quick and were on Seagull by lunch time. We were not sure where we wanted to stay on Seagull but wanted to chase lake tout and big Walleye was our goal. We ended up staying in the Miles island area at a very nice site. The wind was blowing pretty good but not enough to keep us from chasing some lake trout. Both canoes gave it a token effort for several hours and we managed 5 lake trout that were from 15-25”. We marked a lot of fish but were not very successful in getting them to commit.

We relaxed more back at camp and explored our giant campsite area. We also went for another swim in the afternoon and lounged around camp. In the evening Zack and Tyler chased lake trout again and Brad and I decided to go for walleye. We were really hoping for an upper 20s or that elusive 30” fish. Both of us have caught several 28 and 29” walleyes but neither of us have cracked the 30” trophy barrier. We gave it a good effort both the depth maps on or phones were not accurate at all so the spots we had picked out beforehand were not the quality structure we were hoping for. We ended up fishing a pinch point with the wind blowing into that slowly rose out of the basin. We caught a couple bass in the first 15 minutes but then nothing else for about a half hour. Then my bobber shot down and I hooked into a better-quality fish. A couple minutes later I anticipated pulling in a big smallie but was surprised to see a good quality Walleye come into view. Once I landed her, I pulled out the tape and measured it at 26”, being the biggest one of the trip. The next half hour was slow, so we decided to call the trip and end it with that fish.

We had a great final campfire and reminisced about an awesome trip and already started planning future hunting and fishing endeavors. We had some victory cigars and the last of our drinks to celebrate another successful trip.

Friday, June 18th -Low 80s with strong wind.

-Got an early morning start to head out to the entry point to conclude the trip. If it was up to me, we would have stayed on Alpine our final night, but it was nice to not have to portage the last day. It was a good thing we did not have a long paddle and got an early start as the wind was building pretty good even early in the day. We covered the last couple miles quickly and got all our gear loaded up and packed away. We shared quality conversations as made our way back into civilization and our various lives.