Boundary Waters, Trip Reports, BWCA, Stories

Granite River to Big Sag
by BananaHammock

Trip Type: Paddling Canoe
Entry Date: 08/19/2012
Entry Point: Magnetic Lake (EP 57)
Exit Point: Saganaga Lake Only (EP 55A)  
Number of Days: 7
Group Size: 2
Day 4 of 7
Wednesday, August 22, 2012 We broke camp early this morning, water quality was not great at this site. We could see a lot of micro organisms in the water. After paddling a lot and getting past our last portage of the trip we set our sites on staying 2 days at a really great site. This morning the weather was perfect again, and there was no wind to speak of, it was dead calm. We canoed past Conners island, Oskenonton Island, and then landed on Horseshoe island at what was to be the best site of our entire trip. The campsite was very large, it had some great rocks near the shoreline that we took a few leaps off of and took a swim. I found a down tree that was about 12 feet off the ground and looked to be a great spot for hanging food, upon closer inspection, we found what looked to be claw marks all over the log. We opted to hang our food somewhere else. This was the best day of the trip. The entire lake was like glass all day, not a cloud in the sky.
 We had our best fishing here also, catching a large number of 2-3# smallies and I got 3 pike while trolling 30+ inches. It seemed like every point we trolled past held a big pike. 
 Fish dinner and mountain house that night, what a perfect day!