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First trip to the western area BWCA
by paddelingruth

Trip Type: Paddling Canoe
Entry Date: 08/19/2019
Entry & Exit Point: Little Indian Sioux River (north) (EP 14)
Number of Days: 5
Group Size: 2
Day 3 of 5
Wednesday, August 21, 2019 We were up at 7:00 am and packed up and ready to head out to Lower Pauness by 8:45. We were on the Portage & met a couple that just day tripping. We checked out a site we wanted it had campers so we went to the site across from the portage into Loon Lake. It was open so we took it. We were there and set up by 10:00 am, time to do some fishing. We both caught northern, Rock bass and small bass. Dan caught two more walleye. We were just using jigs. No rain, cool, breezy and cloudy. We headed in for an early supper of Chicken and rice, then back out for more fishing until 8:00ish. No keepers but we did keep catching fish. We were to late getting into the tent the mosquito's were everywhere. We wacked mosquito's for quite awhile in the tent. Today while being around the Portage into Loon lake we saw a few sets of canoers headed into the portage but only saw one head out. Tonight, we started reading “A walk in the woods”. We take turns reading out loud, I had to plug my ears on most of chapter one. The book is all about bears and killings.