Five Monkeys and Four cat herders maiden voyage
by vnzill
DAY FIVE, SUNDAY 7/19/2015 - 4.0 miles paddling, 2.1 miles portaging, total miles 6.1, - 5 portages - Bonnie, Spoon, Pickle, Kekekabic, Strup, Wisini Lake, campsite #1471
(Note: Writing before this was weeks or months after the trip while I am now in March 2017 trying to recreate from memory the events which should have been recorded earlier)
Today was probably the most exciting for the kids. We saw a bear on Wisini lake's shoreline that was a light brown. It was quite a distance from us but it sure looked like a bear from our view. We paddled toward the south western campsite on Wisini and set up camp there which easily accommodated our group. That evening Grandpa started fishing from shore and almost immediately hooked a fish. From there it was a mad scramble by the kids to get their fishing rods out and start casting. My nephew Aiden caught several bass, my boys each caught one or two bass, and my daughter was not having any luck. I took her out in the canoe near shore and soon she also caught a very impressive largemouth bass. All the kids are fishing novices and so this was very exciting for them. Unhooking fish, changing out lures, netting fish, putting them on a stringer, and untangling lines occupied my time. I am not a very experienced fisherman and so it was exciting to me also. We had plenty of fish to eat for supper that evening.
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