Knife Lake 2014 - 3rd Time Around
by DeanL
Trip Type:
Paddling Canoe
Entry Date:
06/09/2014
Entry & Exit Point:
Moose Lake (EP 25)
Number of Days:
6
Group Size:
6
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Day 3 of 6
Wednesday, June 11, 2014
We slept in a little, but when we woke we were greeted with sunny skies and no wind, this was going to be a great day! We made biscuits in the reflector oven and covered them with white gravy and pork sausage, one of our favorites. We took the short portage near camp into a small bay in the North Arm. We caught several bass, sunfish and a few pike. As we made our way out to the main body of the North Arm we were surprised to see that most of the campsites in the North Arm were occupied as we traveled SW toward Thunder Point. The lake was a sheet of glass and with full sun it was quite hot which created a real humid feel, the feel of approaching rain. We trolled for lake trout on the way to Thunder Point catching a few along the way. We reached Thunder Point and made a quick lunch before hiking the trail to the overlook. We've paddled past Thunder Point several times but never took the time to hike to the top. After reading all the posts here from others who said it's worth it we took the hike and were very glad we did. We ran into ChicagoMike, a fellow BWCA.com member and chatted for a few minutes.
On the way back to camp from Thunder Point we paddled by a group that had just run a bear out of their campsite. We couldn't see the bear but a guy on shore said they had taken all of the precautions but the bear had ripped a tent apart and gotten some food. We got back to camp and made tacos for supper before cleaning up and heading back out to fish some more. Dalen insisted we fish by his rock but tonight it didn't produce as well as last night. The night ended with skies clouding up to the west. To this point the bugs have not given us any problems at all, maybe the permetherin, maybe they're not that bad yet? Either way not having to deal with them makes for happy campers.
We slept in a little, but when we woke we were greeted with sunny skies and no wind, this was going to be a great day! We made biscuits in the reflector oven and covered them with white gravy and pork sausage, one of our favorites. We took the short portage near camp into a small bay in the North Arm. We caught several bass, sunfish and a few pike. As we made our way out to the main body of the North Arm we were surprised to see that most of the campsites in the North Arm were occupied as we traveled SW toward Thunder Point. The lake was a sheet of glass and with full sun it was quite hot which created a real humid feel, the feel of approaching rain. We trolled for lake trout on the way to Thunder Point catching a few along the way. We reached Thunder Point and made a quick lunch before hiking the trail to the overlook. We've paddled past Thunder Point several times but never took the time to hike to the top. After reading all the posts here from others who said it's worth it we took the hike and were very glad we did. We ran into ChicagoMike, a fellow BWCA.com member and chatted for a few minutes.
On the way back to camp from Thunder Point we paddled by a group that had just run a bear out of their campsite. We couldn't see the bear but a guy on shore said they had taken all of the precautions but the bear had ripped a tent apart and gotten some food. We got back to camp and made tacos for supper before cleaning up and heading back out to fish some more. Dalen insisted we fish by his rock but tonight it didn't produce as well as last night. The night ended with skies clouding up to the west. To this point the bugs have not given us any problems at all, maybe the permetherin, maybe they're not that bad yet? Either way not having to deal with them makes for happy campers.
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