Monday, June 25, 2012 Today we would explore the lakes to the northeast of Eugene. We paddled through Gun, Tesaker, Takucmich and took the portages to see Lac Lacroix and Trygg. We spent the most time on Gun Lake and it is spectacular lake that looks like it was carved out of a granite bowl. I wish I had taken more time to climb as the views would certainly have been incredible. We caught several nice smallmouth bass and had a great shore lunch on the eastern campsite in the narrows. I did catch a 20” smallmouth and the drag on my ancient fishing gear worked like a charm. As beautiful as Gun Lake was, Tesaker was just the opposite. It was fire scarred from the past and was a mosquito swamp. Not surprisingly the one campsite looked like it hadn’t been used in years. We saw a group of three young girls on the way through Takucmich to the LaCroix portage. They were the first people we had seen since leaving Loon Lake. We retraced our steps and made it back to Eugene for more Mountain House and time around the campfire.