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Crooked Loop July 2017
by bdeck37

Trip Type: Paddling Canoe
Entry Date: 07/25/2017
Entry Point: Fall Lake (EP 24)
Exit Point: Mudro Lake (EP 23)  
Number of Days: 5
Group Size: 2
Day 4 of 5
Friday, July 28, 2017
This was one of my favorite breakfasts ever up in the northwoods. Fresh walleye, bacon, and pancakes. What a way to start a day! Today was an all out effort on fishing since we had to break camp and travel every day prior. I did get some beautiful sunrise pictures though.
This ended up being the day of smallmouths. We caught quite a few nice ones. We did explore around a bit check out some other campsites. This was the solitude I was looking for because we didn't see anyone at all that day. We fished pretty much solely topwater because there was no wind at all. Smallmouth are so much fun to catch on topwater. They are just so aggressive and put up a great fight. We struggled to replicate our walleye success in the same spot but ended up catching 2 or 3 on the drop off were there is some current entering Friday. It was great to have a day to just fish all day and explore the lake.