Sept 5 2015 Day 2: We were up at 6am, but were slow moving. Neither of us slept well due to the heat last night. We had Blueberry granola for breakfast, but something was making my stomach feel sick, not sure if it was nerves from being anxious about getting going and how the trip would go, or if I was legitimately sick. We had been eating the same foods so I don’t think I was sick. We were packed up and on the water by 7:45 which wasn’t too bad for a first day of packing and traveling. We had 4 portages ahead of us. The first 3 weren’t too bad. Hudson Lake was a very neat lake and must have been beautiful before the burn. It was the hardest hit and it showed. We got to see 4 loons VERY close to our canoe, but they didn’t seem to mind us at all. We also heard a bear or a moose in the woods, as there were some pretty loud noises of trees being pushed over/crunched. Then we hit the 105 rod portage into Insula. It was getting warm now as the clouds had blown off and the sun was shining. We met two organized groups there, one single portaged and flew past us, and the other was on a day trip but was taking their time. Both were friendly and the latter gave info on fishing. We guzzled water at the end and zipped our pants into shorts and stowed long sleeve shirts in the day pack. We trolled after we hit the water and I caught a small mouth, and missed 2 other fish as we trolled. We decided to release the small mouth because we still had about 3 miles of paddling to reach our campsite and towing him that long would likely kill him. We stopped at a small island for lunch at about noon. Sausage, cheese, and crackers again and we chowed down. Back on the water and see the group that single portaged. Laura mentioned she thinks they mentioned staying on Insula as well. We decided not to troll anymore and just fight the wind and paddle to reach our intended campsite, which was not far from the Insula rock (what a joke that is). We reached it and set up camp. It was an OK campsite. Laura gave it a 7/10 and I gave it a 6 because of the limited tent pads. It did have a good spot to swim from and a massive sun bathing rock, not to mention a good view of the sunset, so maybe a 7 is better…but seriously there is like one tent pad and its kind of exposed. We set up camp, I fished from shore and Laura did too. After losing a spoon and a few jigs on some snags just off camp we decided to head out and try to catch some dinner. We trolled and dragged bait rigs, but couldn’t catch anything. The wind was really hampering us as it was blowing us extremely fast and I had a hard time controlling the boat and fishing and jigging seemed to be out of the question. No fish ? I brought some back up meals I prepared and bought for nights without fish. Tonight was chili mac I made at home. It was good, but bigger helpings would have been a good idea. We went without dessert. The weather forecast said a high chance of rain tonight, and sure enough it did, which meant another night in a hot stuffy tent. The storm came with lightning which put on quite a show.