Late Season Lake Trout Trip
by VoyageurNorth
Trip Type:
Paddling Canoe
Entry Date:
09/27/2004
Entry Point:
Moose Lake (EP 25)
Exit Point:
Snowbank Lake (EP 27)
Number of Days:
5
Group Size:
3
Part 3 of 6
Day Two – Tuesday
After a quick breakfast, we just had to go around the corner to a 33 rod portage into Bonnie Lake. Next is a 25 rod portage which took us into Spoon. Spoon brought back memories of a trip years ago that I took with my two daughters, then just three and six years old. Then we took the 25 rod portage into Pickle Lake and an 80 rod portage into Kekekabic Lake.
Kekekabic is beautiful, 180 feet deep and known for the lake trout and smallmouth found there. On the east end of the lake is a majestic set of rock cliffs that have a pictograph of four people in a canoe. There’s an old USFS ranger cabin and a 190 rod uphill trail which leads to the site of the former Kek Lookout Tower, which stood 425 feet above the lake. Throughout this area you can see the wind damage from the 1999 storm but the new growth over the last five years is starting to cover it up.
There is an uphill, 85 rod portage out of Kekekabic Lake that leads to Strup Lake. It was here that we decided to stop for our lunch. After eating we took the 10 rod portage into Wisini Lake. The cliffs and rock formations here are spectacular and the only campsite on the lake is up on a stone bluff overlooking the lake. Largemouth bass are found here.
The next 90 rod portage runs along a ravine and took us into Ahmakose Lake. We had heard that there are lake trout in this lake. The next portage was 30 rods and led to Gerund Lake, then a 10 rod portage and we entered Fraser Lake.
Fraser is three miles long and has about twelve islands on it. It also boasts lake trout, walleye, northern pike, clear water and lots of reefs. We planned on spending our layover day here. We chose a campsite on the northwest side of the lake. This site was pretty exposed but Dave liked it because of all the dead wood lying around it. Dave built a nice fire and we sat around it, talking about the day’s events and enjoying the full moon that night.
After a quick breakfast, we just had to go around the corner to a 33 rod portage into Bonnie Lake. Next is a 25 rod portage which took us into Spoon. Spoon brought back memories of a trip years ago that I took with my two daughters, then just three and six years old. Then we took the 25 rod portage into Pickle Lake and an 80 rod portage into Kekekabic Lake.
Kekekabic is beautiful, 180 feet deep and known for the lake trout and smallmouth found there. On the east end of the lake is a majestic set of rock cliffs that have a pictograph of four people in a canoe. There’s an old USFS ranger cabin and a 190 rod uphill trail which leads to the site of the former Kek Lookout Tower, which stood 425 feet above the lake. Throughout this area you can see the wind damage from the 1999 storm but the new growth over the last five years is starting to cover it up.
There is an uphill, 85 rod portage out of Kekekabic Lake that leads to Strup Lake. It was here that we decided to stop for our lunch. After eating we took the 10 rod portage into Wisini Lake. The cliffs and rock formations here are spectacular and the only campsite on the lake is up on a stone bluff overlooking the lake. Largemouth bass are found here.
The next 90 rod portage runs along a ravine and took us into Ahmakose Lake. We had heard that there are lake trout in this lake. The next portage was 30 rods and led to Gerund Lake, then a 10 rod portage and we entered Fraser Lake.
Fraser is three miles long and has about twelve islands on it. It also boasts lake trout, walleye, northern pike, clear water and lots of reefs. We planned on spending our layover day here. We chose a campsite on the northwest side of the lake. This site was pretty exposed but Dave liked it because of all the dead wood lying around it. Dave built a nice fire and we sat around it, talking about the day’s events and enjoying the full moon that night.
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