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Crab Lake 2 Guys and 2 Dogs
by TomT

Trip Type: Paddling Canoe
Entry Date: 09/01/2020
Entry & Exit Point: Crab Lake and Cummings from Burntside Lake (EP 4)
Number of Days: 12
Group Size: 2
Day 5 of 12
Saturday, September 05, 2020

It got cold last night. High 30's (fahrenheit) but the forecast says low 60's and sunny today. This morning I take my time and cook up bacon and pancakes with my coffee. We agree that it's a fishing day and both of us are on the water most of the day. Cummings is a large lake with many arms and bays. It's basically 2 lakes separated by a short narrow channel. We stay in the smaller section and explore around islands and bays and check out a few other campsites that are open. I eat my lunch on a flat slab of shoreline deep in a bay.

I don't have much luck fishing catching only a handful of smallish smallmouth bass losing the biggest one at the boat. Probably 14-15 inches or so. Bob said he cooked up 2 smallmouth on the shore for him and Jake. All in all it was very sunny and pleasant and the wind wasn't much of a factor today. Coming back I had to run Luna. I threw the ball back and forth in the large open area. She's so fun to watch as she dodges around logs and trees to get the ball.

We cooked dinner over the fire then just sat on the rocks by the lake with the dogs as dusk came on. It's a very calm and quiet evening with no bugs. I don't think I've seen a mosquito the whole trip.