I awoke before my boys and just had to throw a spook from the bank as the sun was beginning to rise...within a few casts, a nice bronze back blew up my offering and soon came to hand! Given the wind forecast and our plan to be back to our outfitters by tomorrow afternoon, we decided not to stop/camp in Ogish for the night, but to push further into Alpine. The morning was awesome - we caught numerous fish around Eddy Falls including a northern on topwater, visited with an amazing family who had 3 middle aged boys, a 4 year-old daughter, and their grandmother from Florida, and made quick work of the portages/lakes into Ogish through Eddy, Jenny, and Annie. Our fishing luck ran out in Jenny as we couldn't land any of the few we hooked; however, we had caught about 100 fish up to this point so no real complaints! Once in Ogish, we stopped at the first campsite 783 for lunch - my youngest found a perfect rock to jump from so we both took a leap and quick swim (COLD water). The winds were beginning to pick up, and we probably made an error in paddling the south bank of Ogish instead of the north...about a quarter of the way down, the waves were large and pushing us into the bank. We would duck into coves for protection, only to fight our way out and into the next. At one point we stopped to discuss if we could even go any further - we saw one canoe passing west to east down the middle and decided we could do this as well. So, with some prayers and perseverence, we headed out with a plan to reach the far NE corner of Ogish. We finally made it passing many full campsites with some quick conversations. At that point, we thought the worst was behind us. Kingfisher and Jasper lakes were a relief as well as different views since this was the first burn area we had seen. The waterfall from Jasper into Alpine was a cool sight as was seeing my son jump out of his skin as he spooked a family of ducklings next to the falls :)! Alpine was a gorgeous lake dotted with islands, but who knew the wind uses them as breezeways! Our plan was to reach the NE corner and hope campsite 350 was open, then use the shorter 23 rod portage into Sea Gull the following morning. As we paddled NW into Alpine attempting to tuck behind the first island, the wind was literally pushing us backwards into a point...thankfully we were able to break free and find calm water behind the first island. Regrouping and studying the map, we still had 4 more jumps to make between islands with the wind blowing across our bow. Each campsite we see in Alpine is occupied as we are still the only ones paddling...finally we make it through the last pass and into the NE portion hoping our final campsite is open. Initially we pass it as #350 is actually a little south of its map location and tucked into the cove a bit...but with great relief and a few Aggie Whoops it is was open! There was no real landing, and only one good tent pad, but it was a great last home for us. My son found a trail which led to a large rock behind the site giving amazing views, we enjoyed chicken tacos, our last smores and old fashioneds, beavers swam back and forth in front of our site, as well as a final campfire treated with a rainbow which ended approximately where our girls were spending the night (a cabin at VCO they had arrived at today and where we planned to stay the following night)! What a crazy day (8 lakes, 9.5 paddling miles) - we decided with the size of Sea Gull, we better paddle early and make sure we avoid the high winds we saw today as our exit is VCO; so, we set an alarm for 4am and hit the sack. ~South Arm Knife Lake, Eddy Lake, Jenny Lake, Annie Lake, Ogishkemuncie Lake, Kingfisher Lake, Jasper Lake, Alpine Lake