Day Three – Wednesday

The next morning we slept in. Our plan was to troll for lakers and work a walleye spot on the northeast end of the lake and also fish around the islands. As we paddled up the lake, Dave noticed some movement on the northern shoreline. We went over to investigate and weren’t sure if what we saw was a large log or an animal. We guessed a moose or a bear but as we got closer it turned out to be a cow moose and her calf. We paddled in slowly, keeping our distance. It was great watching them work the shore line for food and I was happy that I had brought my good camera with my new 28 – 300 lens!

The calf was a good sized one and in good shape. After a while it appeared that they were heading back to the swampy area. Dave had to take a “bathroom break” so we paddled up to a nearby campsite. While Dave was standing there he noticed a cow moose looking right at him. He made a mad dash back to the canoe and we continued to follow it down the shore line for about a half mile. We fished the rest of the afternoon. We caught a few small fish and had some bites but we had to work for it.

While we were headed back to our site for a late lunch we noticed a plume of smoke in the northwest, about a mile away. This was the Forest Service doing the controlled burn over by Snowbank Lake and we spotted the aircraft circling around it. After lunch we went to check out Trinity Lake. Trinity is a very shallow lake, only 10 feet deep.

We enjoyed another great dinner that night under a brilliant full moon which made the lake shimmer in the moonlight. Dan said it looked “twinkly”.