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21 day solo in August
by bobcole

Trip Type: Paddling Canoe
Entry Date: 07/31/2014
Entry & Exit Point: Moose Lake (EP 25)
Number of Days: 23
Group Size: 1
Day 4 of 23
Sunday, August 03, 2014

Awoke around 5 a.m. feeling sore in every single part of my body. Had some eggs and coffee and hit the water around 8 a.m. Took my time going through the Jordan narrows, that's a really cool place. The pictographs there were pretty worn down, as this site had told me. Dropped a line in before the portage into Ima and picked up a smallmouth, not big enough to keep though.

Fished a few spots on Ima, didn't have too much luck, then headed into Hatchet. The entrance to the portage into Hatchet is only big enough for one or two canoes and very intimidating looking at first. It ended up not being as bad as it looked, and with that portage I was hoping to be done for the day.

As I paddled into Hatchet I was relieved to find both sites open and I decided to go with the Northern site (site #1907). Found a great spot for the hammock close but not too close to the fire pit, relaxed for a bit and ate lunch. Explored the lake, did some swimming and then came back to camp for dinner. For some reason I was craving pancakes so I went with breakfast for dinner. Did a bit of reading and turned in for the night.

Route for day 3.

Coffee on Jordan.

Hanging out on some little island on Ima.

Ima/Hatchet portage.

Hatchet site.