Larch Lake - May 2016
by adludwig
Trip Type:
Paddling Canoe
Entry Date:
05/28/2016
Entry & Exit Point:
Larch Creek (EP 80)
Number of Days:
4
Group Size:
6
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Day 2 of 4
Sunday, May 29, 2016
The rain chased us into the tents for the afternoon and everyone decided to make the most of it and take a good old nap. Some slept longer than others, but it was some much needed rest! I got up and did a little fishing and then decided to do a little bird watching around the island.
As others starting to rise from the tents, we got started on the fish tacos for dinner. We had to clean the fish, filter water and then get the fire started. We chunked up the walleyes and the smallmouth in bite sized pieces. Then we coated then with a bag of Andy's Red breading mixed with a packet of dry taco seasoning. Then, we fried up the fish pieces extra crispy. The fish was then put in a tortilla with shredded cabbage (coleslaw mix), chipotle mayo, and some lime juice. Everyone loved the fish tacos! This was only my second time making them in the BW, but they turned out amazing again. I saw this recipe in the Cooking Forums on this very site.
After we cleaned up dinner, we prepped for a big campfire to take us past sunset. Shortly there after Shaun was hooting and hollering from down by the lake. He had caught a pretty good sized smallmouth while bobber fishing. It was the biggest smallie of the entire trip!
As we sat enjoying some hot chocolate, we heard the howl of a wolf. The wolf immediately set off a bunch of coyotes, bunch from time to time, we were still hearing the sound of wolf howls. We were two days in, and my son had already seen moose and heard wolf howls! He was holding up very great, enjoying all of this time outdoors.
Sunday morning we awoke to a steady rain. It had rained really hard overnight but with my REI tent on bought on this very website stayed completely dry! We lingered in our tents until about 7:30am, when the rain at least slowed down. We made a huge breakfast of blueberry pancakes and little sizzlers. We had thought about daytripping over to Clove this day, but the constant threat of rain kept us pretty near camp. We went out and had a very unsuccessful time catching walleyes. I was able to scratch up a little smallmouth that we appropriately named "Taco Meat". The plan was to have a feast featuring fish tacos for dinner.
The rain chased us into the tents for the afternoon and everyone decided to make the most of it and take a good old nap. Some slept longer than others, but it was some much needed rest! I got up and did a little fishing and then decided to do a little bird watching around the island.
As others starting to rise from the tents, we got started on the fish tacos for dinner. We had to clean the fish, filter water and then get the fire started. We chunked up the walleyes and the smallmouth in bite sized pieces. Then we coated then with a bag of Andy's Red breading mixed with a packet of dry taco seasoning. Then, we fried up the fish pieces extra crispy. The fish was then put in a tortilla with shredded cabbage (coleslaw mix), chipotle mayo, and some lime juice. Everyone loved the fish tacos! This was only my second time making them in the BW, but they turned out amazing again. I saw this recipe in the Cooking Forums on this very site.
After we cleaned up dinner, we prepped for a big campfire to take us past sunset. Shortly there after Shaun was hooting and hollering from down by the lake. He had caught a pretty good sized smallmouth while bobber fishing. It was the biggest smallie of the entire trip!
As we sat enjoying some hot chocolate, we heard the howl of a wolf. The wolf immediately set off a bunch of coyotes, bunch from time to time, we were still hearing the sound of wolf howls. We were two days in, and my son had already seen moose and heard wolf howls! He was holding up very great, enjoying all of this time outdoors.
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