Friday, July 30, 2010 Day 6: Off to Twin lakes.

The morning brings light winds again, so our paddle is easy up north to Sturgeon. This area looks like prime pike country,

but besides a few hammer handles, we don’t see much action. The paddle through the “river” and over the beaver damns was a nice change compared to the big open water of Sturgeon. The first beaver dam we were able to paddle over, but the next one required getting out and muscling it over. Thanks to Frank and the boys getting me and the girls over. The power and determination of those beavers is amazing. The third damn we were also able to power over as well, and then it was smooth sailing into Twin. In the channel going into twin we thought we were about to hit a rock, which turned out to be a big snapper getting some air. We made camp on the site that is to the west of the portage by 150 yards or so. Again, another yellowjacket nest at the base of the tree next to the fire pit. There were also hundreds of them in the pines above us feeding on the sap of the needles, I guess. Thankfully they didn’t bother us, this time… While we are setting up the camp, one of the boys proceeded to wet his line and catch dinner right off the site. After the site was ready, Frank and one of the boys goes searching for fish. The girls take the other canoe and go out in search themselves. It’s a riot to hear them across the lake squealing as they catch fish on their own without pops around. They soon come back with a 3lb bass that has swallowed the hook and was attacked by a “huge pike” according to them. To try and eat a 3 lb bass, it probably was good size. They pull up to shore, lead the fish over to me, and “toss” the pliers into the water. Noah came their rescue and went in after them. A little surgery and he swam away. The other canoe comes back with a couple walleye and bass, and Noah and I were off ourselves. We got the lowdown on where they found the walleye, and we headed back and started getting them ourselves. They were almost directly across from our campsite to the left of a stump in the water about 30ft off shore. They too were hitting on wacky worms, jig and white twister, and shad raps in 4ft of water. We put a couple more on the stringer and headed to shore when the rain started. This was the 1st rain, light sprinkle, of the trip.