We woke before the sun would consider rising. I happened to somehow pack the wrong sleeping bag which helped to wake me up predawn every morning. It turned out okay because my oldest and I enjoy sitting around the AM fire watching the lake. This is the only morning the lake would be dead calm. My youngest Corban and I decided to try some fishing in the very small bay just to the North of our sight. I rigged him with a bobber and a leech counting on a rogue morning walleye and a few SMB. Still in the water we held our position just beyond sub surface weeds and he through towards the shores. I rigged a deep diver and through beyond the “shallows.” I hooked up almost immediately for the biggest fish of the trip. It was a 38.5 inch Northern. We knew it was big as it worked us around the bay a bit. He slowly back paddled us to keep us away from shallower water weeds. When we got the first glimpse of it we knew we had a “gator.” I don’t know what it weighed. I did bring a small fold Frabill net to assist the boys in shore fishing but it was laughable when we saw the size of the fish. I prefer to land things by hand. Less lure/ net tangles that way equals more time with the bait in the water. We put it on the stringer and slowly paddled back to camp to show my oldest and take a picture of it. They did not like releasing it as they wanted to roast it on the fire. However, they understood why it was important.  They boys caught several SMB and 2-3# Northern from the campsite throughout the morning. I am glad I packed the Hammocks as they really enjoyed them throughout the week. I took a nap on day three as I remember taking a nap on just about every day. Still, it was difficult to sleep for more than 30-45 minutes which is a good thing for me.  I sent the boys for a firewood and fresh water run on all three days we spent on Friday Bay and on one day they visited the Friday Bay Beach. For basic safety we always had a two way radio on when either I or they left camp for any reason. I sent them on many “deeper” water runs as we used quite a bit and did not use the typical 4-5 gallon water bladder on this trip. It worked out well and I think it is something I will leave home on future trips. We carried a total of five liters worth of water and that was plenty between water runs.  Catching plenty of fish we enjoyed fish on this evening as well as others.