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Crab Lake
by landoftheskytintedwater

Trip Type: Paddling Canoe
Entry Date: 05/25/2006
Entry & Exit Point: Crab Lake and Cummings from Burntside Lake (EP 4)
Number of Days: 4
Group Size: 4
Day 2 of 4
Friday, May 26, 2006

This was our layover day so we decided on some fishing and a day trip over to Coxey Pond to see if we could find any of the remnants of the old sawmill that used to be between Coxey Pond and Silaca Lake. Upon reaching the 30 rod portage from Cummings to Korb, Brandon and Drew did some fishing and Brandon came up with a nice sized smallmouth where the Korb empties into Cummings. We then headed up the Korb River and over toward Silaca Lake. We came across the beginnings of a beaver damn pretty quick, then had another liftover about a 1/2 toward the 160 rod portage. After quickly coming to another liftover with a beaver damn in sight behind it, we decided to bag the day trip and head back to Cummings for some more fishing. Drew and Brandon tried their fishing spot again and Jet and I went out to filter some water. After numerous attempts to figure out why the filter was being so slow, Jet finally fixed it and we were once again filtering water with ease. Unfortunately, Jet removed the casing from the filter and went to clean it off in the lake and proceeded to drop it and we watched as it quickly sank to the bottom of the lake. Luckily, I had tablets so we decided on boiling water and using tablets as our methods of cleaning the water. The highlight of the afternoon was making Jet go fill a big pot up with water paddling alone. After realizing he didn't know how to turn the canoe around, we got to watch him curse and finally land the canoe on the back side of the island after finally landing on some rocks. We got in the water a bit, then enjoyed some pasta and tomato sauce for dinner. Fishing and whiskey ended the second night.