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Perfect April Trip
by bstrege

Trip Type: Paddling Canoe
Entry Date: 04/16/2010
Entry & Exit Point: Moose/Portage River (north) (EP 16)
Number of Days: 4
Group Size: 2
Day 3 of 4
Sunday, April 18, 2010

Lac La Croix

It was gorgeous today! We woke up to a lake of glass. We had been discussing whether we should go back to Agnes today to shorten our travel time on Monday, but we just couldn't leave after seeing this.


After breakfast we headed out fishing. We couldn't help taking a few more photos.


We had a bit of success fishing. We were able to catch dinner, so we were satisfied.

3 lb Northern - was going to be our dinner until I caught a 1.5 lb SMB later


This was our dinner - 1.5 lb Smallmouth Bass


After catching the bass, we decided to stop fishing and explore some more. We climbed Warrior Hill - what a view! It was one of the more spectacular things I've seen in my life.


We went back to camp and relaxed during the afternoon. The sun was out, hardly any wind, and the temperature was in the 60s. It really can't get any better than this in mid-April.

Dinner was delicious-


After dinner Auralee had fun paddling around our little bay and fishing.


We only saw one other party today. The only reason I even saw them is they had an aluminum canoe and I heard it banging on the rocks at the portage across the lake. I saw the canoe disappear into the trees a couple of minutes later. Besides the soloist the first day, these were the only people we saw all weekend. It seemed we had the entire Lac La Croix to ourselves.