BWCA Entry Point, Route, and Trip Report Blog
April 19 2024
Entry Point 23 - Mudro Lake
Number of Permits per Day: 5
Elevation: 1166 feet
Latitude: 48.0356
Longitude: -91.8301
On the Water- Monday July 20th-
On the water late considering how far we need to go today. Up the Horse river to the falls by 6pm. Started raining and NO campsites available. Mudrow-Alruss-Tin can Mike-Horse Lake-Horse River-Basswood. 13 miles by water. (not counting portages)
Tuesday July 21st-
Rain all night, all morning and all day. Went north by petroglyphs, table rock and the the Crocked Lake Narrows across Thursday bay to campsite. Basswood-Crooked Lake-Wednesday Bay-Thursday Bay. 11 miles in the rain.
Wednesday July 22nd-
Up early and calm winds to take advantage of, considering the big water we have to cross. Found beaver dam to lift over and did a portage from hell between Pandos lake and Chippewa Lake. VERY steep and slippery after rain. Many mud holes. Then the mile portage after Wagosh Lake to Gun Lake. Never saw another soul in a canoe or campsite the entire day! Thursday bay-Friday Bay-Pandos Lake-Chippewa Lake-Wagosh lake-Gun Lake. 11 miles by water.
Thursday July 23rd-
Finally had a dry night. got everything dry!!! A few portages today to Fourtown Lake campsite. Easy day by comparison. Gun Lake-Fairy Lake-Boot Lake-Fourtown Lake. 6 miles. Put the long miles at the first of the week for a buffer for contingencies!
Friday July 24th-
Last day. Stormed last night bad. A few portages today with one bad one between Fourtown Lake and Mudrow lake. To entry point by 1pm. Ready for a hot shower! 4 miles
Total-
45 miles by water
13 miles by portage (3 trips each)
58 miles total.
Amazing Trip- Wood Lake
Entry Date:
August 10, 2010
Entry Point:
Wood Lake
Exit Point:
Moose Lake (25)
Number of Days:
5
Group Size:
4
Our group consisted of a dad and two sons (first timers to BW)and myself(my second trip). So after the initial getting use to the gear and each other in the canoe we were on our way to search for a camping spot. That first two we came too were taken and the search for the third proved to claim our first causality(A $200 digital camera fell out of a pocket into the lake!!!)
But we did find the spot and it was just what we wanted. We quickly threw camp together so we could get to the fishing....
The morning fishing trip proved to be fruitful- 5 Walleye 2 smallmouth for lunch(OH MY GOSH) what an amazing lunch!!
A nap- and some exploring got us to the evening fishing with the highlight being a 24" walleye along with smaller walleye, smallies and our first pike.
Supper consisted of Ribeyes-Walleyes-Baked potato - and apple crunch--- WOW!!
Time left for a Euchre game and turn in for the night!!!!! 
Well- Wednesday began early. Like 2:30am when it began to rain!!!!! It woke me - but was able to go back to sleep. Until 5:00am when our tent became a water bed. It began to rain so hard that the water was flowing under our tent!!!
So until daylight we both sat in the dry corner and looked at each other and laughed!! What else could you do. When it quit raining and the sun came out it was apparent that breakfast was going to be slim and cold as we had not covered the wood or was there any dry. So Water with drink mix and a sport bar and to the lake we went.
We had found a pretty good walleye pattern, and it continued on Wednesday. After a morning of walleye fishing we decided to concentrate on pike. So with leaders tied on and top waters we headed to the narrows and shallows of Wood lake. And they did not disappoint!!! Each of us caught pike in the 20"- 28" range and was it fun thinking the next could be 40".
The afternoon and evening fishing continued to be good and the same pattern on crank baits and rocky drops in 15' to 20 ' of water.
Tonight we finished with a discussion from the "Daily Bread" and another Euchre game. And a prayer for a dry night.... 
Thursday we decided was a travel day to Wind (Original plan was to spend two nights on Wood- and two on Wind)and day fish in Good and Indiana. WELL-- You know how the best laid plans are !!!! Our travel day turned into and all day expedition (You know the saying when you come to the Y in the road--- Well we took the wrong arm of the Y - LOL) Needless to say we were setting up camp on Wind at 5:30pm and wore out(lots more to this story - but not enough room on here--- If you want the details PM me- WOW)
So no Fishing on Thursday and a very light supper!!!! Didn't feel like fixing anything.... We soaked in the lake- got a drink and was in the tents by 9pm. 
We awoke on Friday to Blue bird skies, Blue Berry pan cakes - hashbrowns/onions and bacon bits- WOW-
The fishing began right in front of our camp site and started off well with several Small mouth and Larger mouth in the 2-3 pound range. After a couple of passes and bait changes the size went up to some nice 3-4 pounders and a 5 1/2 large mouth and a 5 pound small mouth....
After another great lunch- I switched baits (Devils Horse and Rogues) to see if I could get any pike action- Yes indeed!!!!! the first pass netted 5 - pike in the 24" 28" rangeThis fun continued through the afternoon and evening.
A great supper- "Daily Bread" and Euchre rounded out a fantastic Friday the 13th! 
Our last morning we decided to fish - and started were we left off on Friday. Nice Smallies - Nice Large mouth and good pike action. With a 4 pm pick up time on Moose we ate a lite lunch and decided to head out around noon. This proved to be a good decision as the wind had picked up and travel was slowed by the wind. After portaging to Moose we were met with white caps and rough water. It took 1 1/2 hours to get from the Wind lake portage to the Moose lake EP. Wow a tough stretch to finish on !! But a fantastic trip and already planning for next year- Pictures to come..