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Oyster Lake Base Camp 2013 (Green,Rocky,Ramshead, Ninamoose)
by Waxworm80

Trip Type: Paddling Canoe
Entry Date: 06/05/2013
Entry & Exit Point: Moose/Portage River (north) (EP 16)
Number of Days: 7
Group Size: 5
Day 4 of 7
Saturday, June 08, 2013 Ramshead it is!! Packed up all the gear and made our way into Ramshead. The portage in there was longer then I remember, but then again we've already done a fair share of them leading up to this one and we were starting to slow down a little. The end of the portage in is more or less a shallow crap load of rocks in which you'll need to jump out and muscle through, I believe there's an alternative of climbing a steep hill, but either way it's kind of a-bitch, as my Uncle Randy would say, but not even close to the 280 portage into lamb lake. We call it Broke back mountain in my family.LOL. We went ahead of the two guys in the the other canoe and the 2 girls and I made camp at the North Western side, which is an awesome rock drop off. Very few mosquito's and some big pines. Plenty of mid sized pike were caught off this campsite. Nothing real big, but fun! We were all burnt out on fish for meals, so we just released them all. I did a evening troll around the lake and pretty much picked up a Pike just about all over the lake. There used to be some pretty big ones in here apparently, but the lake was over froze out years ago and has been over fished. I'm not fisheries specialist, but the pike numbers maybe to high now.