Long Island Lake

Today would be a basecamp day on Long Island Lake. We woke to rain and hung out in the tent until around 8am when it stopped. Breakfast was pancakes and sausage. The remainder of the morning was spent relaxing around camp and fishing from shore.

In the afternoon, we explored the west end of the lake. The island camp near the portage to Karl Lake has huge pines and cedars. Lots of shade, wide open and a very nice kitchen area. On the way back to camp, we caught 3 x 30 plus inch pike while trolling. One was caught using a green and silver Lil' Cleo and the other on a white airplane jig with a 5" twister tail.

Back a camp, we had a late lunch and spent the afternoon fishing, relaxing and swimming. Our experience on this lake is that the fishing is very slow. Evening brought another beautiful sunset. There was zero wind today and when the sun went down the bugs came out. We were chased to our tent around 9:30pm and quickly fell asleep.