Boundary Waters, Trip Reports, BWCA, Stories

June 2005
by Arkansas Man

Trip Type: Paddling Canoe
Entry Date: 06/20/2005
Entry & Exit Point: Moose/Portage River (north) (EP 16)
Number of Days: 4
Group Size: 5
Day 2 of 4
Tuesday, June 21, 2005 I awaken early get the fishing equipment ready for a day of fishing... It is a beautiful morning cool slightly breezy, but a hint of the heat to come as the day progresses. I manage to catch a few small smallmouth and a walleye on a Mepps Black Fury from the bank at camp, the start of dinner tonight. The wife gets up and we have Vanilla nut creme coffee with bagels and creme cheese for breakfast. We take the canoe and start fishing the little bay behind camp. We catch several smallmouth up to 1.5 pounds and one northern about 23 inches long... we keep none of them. After am hour or so we go back and wake up the kids and prepare a breakfast for them... Plans for the day are to go to Cutain Falls. We leave paddling across Iron Lake with Christopher the youngest son, dragging a red and white spoon... he manages to catch his first walleye after about 1/4 mile of paddling. We continue on to the falls. The water coming from the falls is swift as we paddle up the current. We make it and park the canoes near the portage, where several people are fishing... but not having very much luck... We make the portage over to see the Falls.
 We fish for a while catching a few small smallies. We paddle back to camp... as we pass Three Island, I notice a black and yellow tent, and a white tarp at the weatern campsite. There are two canoes there... the signs that SetTheHook told me to look for... so we go over and visit for a while. Jon is a cool guy, he and his friends are relaxing during the hot afternoon passes. We finally get back to camp and prepare the walleye for dinner... nothing quite like fresh caught fish lightly seasoned cooked out side with a little mexican rice on the side... everyone one is filled and ready for a rest... the kids retire to their tents while the wife and I sit out and look at the full moon rising...
 After a few pictures we too retire to the tent...