Rob and I woke up early grabbed some oatmeal and headed out on the lake to fish before everyone else woke up. We paddled back north looking for the hump I had caught the nicer walleye from the night before but found no takers. We decided to head back to camp and see what everyone else wanted to do. When we got there two other members had just left telling the rest of the group they would be back after a couple hours of fishing. Rob and I grabbed an apple and a granola bar and said let’s get out there because we weren’t going to catch anything from camp.

We tossed out our trolling baits and paddled across the lake to the northern shore then headed west. We came to a channel between two islands and Rob nailed a walleye. We were on our way to a spot he had done well in trips past. I said let’s turn around and go back thru there to see what happens. Right about the time we went over the spot he caught the first fish we both hooked up with walleyes. We decided to drop anchor and break out the leeches and it turned out to be the best decision we made all week. By my estimation the anchor hit the bottom around 11am and we didn’t leave until 2:30pm. I figured we easily boated over 40 walleyes and just as many smallmouth including some real studs including one that Rob caught that went well over 5 pounds. Most of the walleyes were in the 15-18” class with a few right around 20”. I’ve caught walleyes all over the mid-west and Canada and for the life of me the ones in the BWCA are definitely more feisty. After you set the hook they dig for the bottom. About an hour before we left two other group members came paddling up and we positioned them close to us and the vicinity of the fish. The action for them was just as impressive and they stayed for a few hours after we left. We headed back to camp to rest a little and made plans for dinner. When we hit camp the two that left earlier were there and we told them about the action we had and they headed out for the same spot. They also got in on the action. Catching fish is hard work and I took a quick nap before cleaning fish for dinner.

That night we all decided we would finish out the week on Disappointment as we had a good idea where the fish were. I’ve always told everyone I’ve fished with you never leave fish to find fish. We would only have two days to fish Ensign and a half day would be spent just traveling to get there.