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My First Real Trip - Mudro Loop
by Aguynamedjosh

Trip Type: Paddling Canoe
Entry Date: 05/24/2020
Entry & Exit Point: Mudro Lake (EP 23)
Number of Days: 5
Group Size: 2
Day 2 of 5
Monday, May 25, 2020

I wake up at 5:15am again, the sun yelling at me to get out of my tent and enjoy the day. Drew is still sleeping so I use the solitude to make a cup of coffee and enjoy a little morning fishing from camp. After a few dozen casts and no bites I decided it was time for a little oatmeal and a few pages from a book my brother had given me before I left. By 8am Drew had woken up and I had started breaking camp down already. After he ate he helped me finish breaking down camp and we discussed our plan for the day. My original goal was to make it up to Beartrap Lake but after we started paddling our way through Gun Lake we couldn't help but feel like the site at Beartrap was definitely taken. Every site on Gun was full and I saw two canoe's headed toward Gull. Drew and I made the decision to head over toward Moosecamp Lake and glad we did. Once we crossed over to Bullet we had the lake completely to ourselves. I really enjoyed the paddle through Bullet Lake.   Moosecamp Lake was great, we made our way over to the site closest to Moosecamp River and had everything setup by 1pm. Once we got camp ready we made a quick Ramen noodle & pb&j lunch we grabbed our fishing poles and went out to try our luck. After about 2.5 hours and not one bite Drew and I had a panic attack and decided to move our camp to Fourtown Lake where I had heard fishing was pretty good at the North end. NOTE TO ALL ROOKIE PADDLER'S! Don't let your emotions get the better of you! Although I really enjoyed the paddle down the Moosecamp River - getting caught in the wind and rain was not ideal & setting up a new site during dusk has its unique challenges.   Once we got camp set up and found a small amount of firewood, we quickly made dinner and did dishes before laughing at each other over panicking and making a late evening trek down the moosecamp river. Those beaver's sure know how to slow you down when you're running from the weather! I made my way to my tent to enjoy a few pages of my book before dozing off to the frog choir.