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Horse Lake
by gshepard

Trip Type: Paddling Canoe
Entry Date: 07/28/2015
Entry & Exit Point: Mudro Lake (EP 23)
Number of Days: 6
Group Size: 9
Day 3 of 6
Wednesday, July 29, 2015

We planned to fish the lake pretty hard today. After breakfast of scrambled eggs mixed with left over brats from the night before, we hit the water. The wind makes the current was a little stronger than I like it for jigging, but we were still able to manage a few walleye. My son Drew was chomping at the bit to do some shore casting so I tied on a spinner bait I expected to lose within a few casts to a BWCA rock, but was pleasantly surprised. Cast after cast, the lure returned ;) Then he thought he had a snag so he handed me the rod. I gave a few tugs and the drag began to pull. I gave him the rod back and said "you have a fish on!" He landed a nice bass. We were able to hit the water before dinner and landed a few more eater walleye for dinner. Not quite enough to just have fish for a group of 9, so we supplemented it with some freeze dried spaghetti and meat sauce. This would be a windy night in the tents. Thankfully I could sleep through a train going by.