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Mudro to Beartrap with the Family
by BWfishingfanatic12

Trip Type: Paddling Canoe
Entry Date: 08/08/2012
Entry & Exit Point: Mudro Lake (EP 23)
Number of Days: 5
Group Size: 6
Day 3 of 5
Friday, August 10, 2012

I woke up at 6:30 and my mom and brother were already up. A cold front had went through during the night so it was freezing but the fog was incredible. My brother and I went out fishing for a while and tried fishing the spot we had caught a few the night before but with no luck. We were originally planning on spending two nights on Beartrap but because we had pretty much no luck fishing we decided to move one lake over to Thunder so my brother and I brought over some gear to claim our site over there as the rest of our family packed up camp. We decided to fish our way back and just as we got into the channel we dropped down our lindy rigs and after about 30 seconds I got a hit and set the hook into something pretty decent so I loosened my drag and fought what I figured was a decent Northern for a couple minutes before I caught my first glimpse of it and saw that it was a really nice walleye. I tired him out and swung him to my brother to land. We didn’t officially measure it but our estimate was 24-26 inches and is the biggest one I’ve caught. So that was super exciting and we figured we were in for a good day and night of fishing. We headed back to Beartrap to get the rest of our equipment and family and set up camp on Thunder by 11. We went swimming and did some relaxing. Some people took naps and I read some Bible. At 1 we ate lunch of suddenly salad and some gorp and beef sticks. Then us four kids well I guess young adults now as we are 18-25) decided to hike up a cliff and do some exploring. We climbed up to the top and the view was simply amazing! After that the girls went to collect firewood and Brad and me went fishing. We tried everything! Trolling lindys, jigging, casting and trolling raps, jig spinners in anywhere from 5 fow to the deepest 35 foot hole but nothing was biting. We then had some supper at like 6 of wild rice and fish that we had caught which was for once in 10 years not too much fish. After supper we went out agin catching a couple northerns but again nothing was biting. Had some chocolate chip muffin panckes and pudding for dessert around the campfire and looked at the stars for a while. Went to bed at 11.