This morning we awoke to more wind and waves. We held off on fishing until the early afternoon and what do you know, my buddies decided to follow us today.  The lake was beginning to clear of its campers and traffic was rather limited today. We did very well with the fish all the up until dark when we had to head back to camp. The "state birds" came out in full force at dusk and I learned my lesson from the first night, I was wearing pants and a long sleeve tee tonight and they didn't have as much luck on this night.

I usually take minnows with me to the boundary waters, but due to our lack of research on the area we were headed, when we got to Tofte we realized that the only bait shop around was the Holiday station in town. So, night crawlers it was. I have to admit that I was a little nervous going in with only one selection for bait, but I found out that there was no need to be because those fish would have hit anything we threw at em'! It was a catch and release day today because we would be enjoying brats and potato chips for dinner. We sat out this evening and listened to a Twins game by the fire and enjoyed a few more beers and called it a night.