Tuesday, May 24, 2016 We didn’t get the best night’s sleep, there was something in camp making strange noises hitting our gear. We always tie up our food and then make sure all of our equipment is protected in case it rains so we weren’t sure what lured it in. All we knew was that it was mid-sized (we figured skunk sized) and it was making a noise we had never heard before. We yelled out of our tent, Justin frustrated we didn’t grab the small machete for protection but eventually it went away. After some research on our way home, we figured out it was an otter. Much less scary knowing what it was, we love otters! Anyways, we slept in a little bit and slowly packed up to head back to Malberg for a couple nights. We felt satisfied with the amount of fishing we did on Beaver and were ready for new scenery. The trip to Malberg was uneventful and we were happy to see the first two campsites open in case the two we were aiming for were taken. We pass the 5 star camp on the rocks to see it was open, cool! We decided to paddle a little further to see if others were open as well but found the next 2 sites taken so we quickly skirted back to the 5 star camp and it was the right decision. The camp was awesome! Great shore for fishing, multiple tent pads to choose from and amazing views. We set up camp and filtered some water before heading out to fish. This was likely our worst day of fishing. As we moved to the northeast side of the lake we passed a camp with some older gentleman talking loudly about bathing naked which annoyed us some. We like the quiet peacefulness of nature. We would like to have the whole place to ourselves but when we don’t, we expect others to be respectful and courteous. I hooked in to a decent smallie at this point which helped us feel better. We worked around the bay and when our canoe turned around we got a full view of this older man’s naked butt! We were both appalled at this point that they didn’t have the courtesy to wait until we left the area. Away we went with a bad taste in our mouths. We fished a couple more hours before heading back to camp, lots of northerns and a few smallies for the day. We had our first freeze dried dinner- BBQ Chicken with beans and rice. Neither of us really liked it but we were hungry. After cleaning up from dinner, it looked like storms would roll through so we decided to try fishing from shore with some slip bobbers and leeches. This proved to be very entertaining. The strong winds and current made it seem as if we always had bites because we kept snagging on drifting debris. I got one northern but we had lots of laughs. The storms rolled in about an hour before dark and things got a little dicey. The winds were very strong and the storm was back building. Justin didn’t want us to go to bed until we knew we were in the clear. We both love watching storms but seeing Justin get nervous, made me really scared! Luckily it was just some strong winds and a little rain. We heard later that some areas had some hail and areas of MN had severe weather that night as well.