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Mudro, Beartrap River, Horse lake loop
by bobbwca

Trip Type: Paddling Canoe
Entry Date: 06/13/2009
Entry & Exit Point: Mudro Lake (EP 23)
Number of Days: 7
Group Size: 3
Day 3 of 7
Monday, June 15, 2009

Today we are going to go see Curtain falls and do some fishing. I was up by 6 am. and let the kids sleep in til about 9 am. We have breakfast then off we go for about a mile paddle to the falls. We stop at the portage and pull the canoe out of the way. We walk the half mile or so and take some video and pictures of the falls. It was well worth the trip! We come back to our canoe and one other canoe is at the landing, but one of there group turned over in the current. They're okay, just wet, but didnt lose any gear thankfully. We decide to fish from shore on the edges of the current, Eric had a large Northern following his jig and twistertail, but no luck getting it to bite. We decide to get back into the canoe and fish down further in the current where we've seen another group fishing for the last couple hours. Within a few minutes of fishing with a white jighead and leach I pull in a 24 in. Walleye! Maybe ten minutes later I catch a 21 in. Walleye! This is great I'm thinking. We continue catching Walleyes over the next hour, plus we pulled in five smallmouths the largest about two pounds, and one Northern about 26 inches. We got talking to a group of eight guys down here in four canoes and between them they have only caught 2 walleyes and a bass. I gave them two Walleyes, and the one bass I caught earlier and we headed back to camp. Along the way we stopped and took some pictures of the five Walleye we kept, then cleaned them, and crossed the lake to camp for dinner! Of all the years i've been comming out here this is the best fish dinner we've had! So far every part of this trip has been perfect! Our bellies full, my daughter wants to play cards again, so we find some rocks and build a card table and play again late into the night! Tonight we had a very beautiful sunset, and aern't sure if we should move on in the morning or stay another day.