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Kashapiwi Agnes Loop
by chuckd

Trip Type: Paddling Canoe
Entry Date: 05/22/2004
Entry Point: Moose Lake (EP 25)
Exit Point: Fall Lake (EP 24)  
Number of Days: 10
Group Size: 3
Day 3 of 10
Monday, May 24, 2004 Paddled through Agnes. This is day we ran into the "strange pike." We were trolling, I dont remember if it was past the Agnes narrows or not, but I got a fish. It felt limp, like a tree branch or a snaker pike. I reeled it in, and as it got close to the canoe I could see the fish rolling. It looked like the strangest pike Id ever seen. Untill I got it up by the canoe I could tell it was a Lake Trout. My first. We all started catching them after this. Along with Justin who also caught a huge pike. We never measured it but it had to be atlest 40". We camped on a long thing island that night on the east side of the lake near the pictographs. Justins big pike didnt live past the fight, so we had him and a few lake trout to eat that nite. I found out that night that I still didnt like to eat pike or trout regardless of where I was. Agnes, Lake Today we saw a huge chunk of ice on the side of a cliff. Id say 50 ft tall. Cant find a picture of it to save my life though. I know I took some.