We packed up and decided to get the 310 rod portage out of the way towards Oyster Lake. On our way out of Hustler I caught the biggest fish of my life. It was a big NP. Our first view of it was when it jumped like no NP i have ever seen jump. about two feet off the bow the entire fish went airborne and came down like a cannonball. This is when my wife in the bow starts screaming terrified of this dinosaur i have on the line. She turns pale and basically holds her paddle like a club in case it attacks. I am waiting for my friends to get there film developed and am praying that a picture came out. Like I said, we don't bring a net, and I sure was wishing I had one. It was too big to put my hands around its head, so after much contemplating and several attempts i decided to wrap my left arm under and around its head and my right arm over and under its belly and pretty much pick it up like a baby. That worked and I got that slimy so-and-so on my lap and hoisted it for the picture. It went back in the water and thrashed away toot-sweet. I have never felt adrenaline like that and it took along long time to wear off. somewhere along the 310 it did.

We portaged the 310 in a good mood after "the big one". It was a little buggy but we sang songs and it blew by. On oyster the site we were after was taken so camped on the middle site of the island. Not sure if this is really an island, I never got down to the end to see. The site was great, plenty of room, another nice big rock fore pit, warm water. The Latrine was covered with orange slugs though.... There is a nice tent site in from the shore but beware, a widow maker hangs over it that is hard to see. We set our tent there and then I saw the widowmaker while trying to hang the bear bag. We moved our tent closer to the water and it was a good site. The campsite has lots of big Arbor Vitae trees but it make hanging the bag a trick. We went swimmimg and had soup for dinner. We went to bed satisfied after accomplishing the 310 rod portage, landing a big fish, and setting up camp.