The last full day of my trip (or so I thought). Slept in until around 7 a.m., looked outside, not a cloud in the sky. I could tell it was going to be a good day. Made pancakes and coffee and headed out to where the rapids come into Carp from Knife/potholes.

Picked up 4 smallmouth and 2 largemouth on Jitterbugs before 11 a.m. They stopped hitting on Jitterbugs so I went to shore to take a break and have some lunch. I still had plenty of daylight left but no more worms. I decided to try to catch a few crayfish to see if the smallmouth were biting on them. Best damn decision I made all trip, I wish I would have done that sooner. I caught around 30 crayfish and had a hit on every single one. I filled up a stringer for long enough to grab a picture (proof for my dad/brothers) and released everything else I caught the rest of the day. I used my ultralight St. Croix rod and some of those 18 and 19 inchers put up a 10 minute fight. Amazing day fishing, couldn't have asked for a better last day.

Storm rolled in around evening time, but I had dinner done before then. The plan was to head out early the next day, get back to Latourell's, head into town for dinner, then grab a room somewhere around Duluth.

Part of my catch on Carp.

Tried to do a panoramic of the storm rolling in, but the waves messed it up. Sky still looks cool though.

Another shot of the storm coming in.