Family Aventure to Insula and back
by BWfishingfanatic12
Today we were heading back to Lake 3 to spend our last night. We ate some breakfast and packed up camp and were headed out by 9. The portages went smoothly for the most part. At one point we got stuck between a big group of girls with a guide who were on the 22nd day of their month long trip. Dang I want to do one of those sometime! We actually got to our site by 2ish and we got the campsite we wanted so we set up when we got there. My brother and I went out fishing like usual to get a feel for the area and scout out areas to go later. We caught a few smallies and a couple walleyes in like 3 hours so it was pretty slow so we were a little disappointed. We came back and ate some supper of instant potatoes and ham. Then after supper we headed out fishing again. This time my brother and dad went together and I went solo. I headed South along the shoreline while they headed North towards Lake Four and the islands up there. In the first hour I caught a couple walleyes and 3 smallies. Then a thunderstorm came up really fast and it started pouring and the wind started to pick up. I had fun fighting the wind as I headed back towards camp and I love fishing too much to not troll on the way back to camp. Then of course I caught one and while I reeled it in of course the wind just tossed me around. I landed the fish and then cast out again and started back towards camp again, and once again I caught a walleye. This happened 6 straight times as I passed over this reef or whatever where all the walleyes were hanging out. By this time there is like 3 inches of water in the canoe and I’m drenched to the bone and the thunder is rumbling all around me. Eventually I made it back to camp because I figured my family was worried about me so I had to stop fishing. So I had caught 9 walleyes a northern and 3 smallies and my brother and dad said they caught 7 walleyes so it was a pretty good night! It was still raining so I went for a swim and then put on some dry clothes and we played some card games as a family. The rain continued all through the night so we retired early.