Ok, I just did a post about Pipestone on Labor Day, but Gabbro is another option. With the proximity to the EP and minimal portaging, I'm worried Gabbro may be a busy lake. Is that true at the end of the summer? It looks like it has a lot of nice, large sites, which would be great for us. Also fishing reports seem to be pretty good.

Any thoughts on the lake and fishing that time of year?

I think most lakes will be busy on any holiday weekend..

I was in on Gabbro over Labor Day weekend two years ago and while we were certainly not the only ones on the lake, there seemed to be room for everyone. We entered at Farm Lake and came into Gabbro from that direction. Don't recall encountering any wait times at portages. Stayed at site #1712 on the west side of Gabbro and liked it. Check it it out!

Agreed, holiday weekend...if it's nice weather and not far from an EP you'll see others. Different people have different ideas on what "busy" means though

Gabbro gets fished a ton. Tough to catch anything worth while. It is busy. We were there last September and I won't go back unless it's the only option for a weekend get way

33 is a 2 permit EP so there's not a ton of traffic from that direction. The problem is there's 2 other fairly easy ways to get in there. Most of the people are passing through but you'll see several boats.