BWCA Entry Point, Route, and Trip Report Blog
June 30 2025
Entry Point 23 - Mudro Lake
Mudro Lake entry point allows overnight paddle only. This entry point is supported by Kawishiwi Ranger Station near the city of Ely, MN. The distance from ranger station to entry point is 19 miles. Three accesses into Mudro Lake involve portages ranging from 20–185 rods.Easiest access is from private la nd with parking fee.
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.
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.
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by Fishslayer89
Trip Report
Entry Date:
June 19, 2005
Entry Point:
Saganaga Lake Only
Number of Days:
6
Group Size:
4
Trip Introduction:
Report
Well, Im back from my trip and all I can say is, damn. I wish I could go back right now. Anyways, we got the tow from Seagull outfitters ( a first rate operation ) into red rock. We had a miniscule potage and paddled into alpine and were just about to portage into jasper when we decidded to try for walleyes by the falls. We took the site closest by the jasper inlet, it sucked!It was realy rocky and had no shade. Anyways, after picking up about a dozen smallies after we set camp we ate dinner and rigged up for walleyes. Around eight we paddled the shore and casted poppers to it, my dad missed a real nice one as soon as his bait hit the water. I hooked up with a three pounder and released her. It was starting to get dark so we headed to the falls. I pitched a floating lindy rig into the hole below the falls and was organizing my tackle when the rod doubled over, fish missed. Anyways I went on to bag a nice walleye and sadly two smallies that were gut hooked. The next day was Ogish and it had a wonderful campsite on the north shore, the first one you come across coming from kingfisher. We again proceeding to slaughter the smallies but could not catch any northerns, which we wanted for a meal. Anyhow, I ate my walleye sauteed in onions and mushrooms with some wild rice for lunch and it was fantastic. We had two smallies in the sack and we did not want them to go bad so we decided to keep anything to make a meal. That night we portaged into skindance and tried for northerns, seagull said it had good pike. It did not but we found good smallmouth action and we took three from there in short order and headed back to camp. That night we tried for walleyes right off our site with lighted slip floats and landing one 12 in cigar which we threw in the sack 'cause we wanted a full meal. The next day produced more smallies on ogish and another walleye at night. The meal was great and consisted of fried walleyes and smallies, sautee'd onions, stovetop stuffing and pudding. The next day we camped on the bay in seagull and finally landed a northern the next morning who, imho, was better than the walleye, perhaps not as mild but much more firm. The last night gave us storms and good walleye action but, no fish caght because of difficult bite detection. I had at least a six pound walleye on who got off ten feet away form me. In conclusion, the samllmouth action was good, pike were almost non existant and walleyes were spotty at best. Overall fishing was ok, with bronzebacks saving the trip. The bugs were not bad about a six on a scale of 1 to 10 and weather was pleasant. Oh yes, stickbaits are the best bwca bait in my mind now ( both this trip and my last one) the only other tackle you'll need are poppers, paddletials in white, pink jigs, and livebait stuff ( lindy rigs mostly, could have caught more eyes on ogish if I used them.) maybe some trolling plugs but that is all I'm bringing next time so I don't run out again.
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