We had tentatively planned to head up to Basswood Falls today, but the kids wanted to do some exploring of the islands and fish instead. I've been to Basswood and recommend it to anyone heading to Horse, but ultimately we wanted the kids to enjoy their time and they were excited to check out some of the islands. The winds were a bit challenging for our newbie paddlers, so in hindsight, probably a good idea we didn't head up the Horse River. Having had good luck on a previous trip to Horse on the north end near the island, my mother-in-law and I paddled into the wind with Drew riding middle to get some walleye. Unfortunately the trip down didn't produce any walleye, but Drew pulled in a good sized northern on 4 lbs test using a jig and leech rig. Glad I had my collapsible net in the canoe as the line cut as I was bringing in the net from the water. Drew couldn't have been happier. We also caught some sunfish and a bass that the rest of the crew wanted to give a try. Wouldn't you have guessed it? The wind switched on us and we had to paddle into the wind on the way back too. While we were gone the others caught a few walleye near the campsite in a spot we had zoned in on the previous couple days. The fish hit the spot and we added a little freeze dried chicken and rice. Later in the evening after some of the boys went out fishing, we saw a couple beavers near camp working on a beaver dam. The kids thought this was pretty cool, as did I. Another fairly early night to bed after a tough day of paddling into the wind.