June 2018 to Oyster & beyond
by 30Smoke
Trip Type:
Paddling Canoe
Entry Date:
06/21/2018
Entry & Exit Point:
Moose/Portage River (north) (EP 16)
Number of Days:
9
Group Size:
2
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Day 8 of 9
Thursday, June 28, 2018 Peter caught seven walleyes, several Smallies, and a Huge Pike grabbed one of the Walleyes as he reeled it in. He got back to camp and said I would have to call him Stumpy after that encounter! This is the same person that landed a 40” plus Pike on Jordan a couple years earlier by hand! I can’t even imagine how big this Pike was to scare him! Anyway, we had pike with cranberries and hot cakes for breakfast, packed up camp and hit the water about 10:30am. We were soon on the Canadian Border and stopped at the first “international boundary marker” that I had ever seen in person. Then we paddled by Warrior Hill and went into Boulder Bay, taking the two portages into Lake Agnes. Once we got onto Agnes, the wind began picking up from the SW – lengthwise of the lake. It took a hard hour of paddling to get across the lake. Felt bad for some of the people that were heading the way we came, as the waves were growing in size, but we pushed on and made it to Nina Moose lake, and after another tough paddle across that lake, we relaxed and took pictures of dragonflies, trying to catch one in flight. Then the red winged blackbirds captured my attention before we moved on. The last item on my bucket list for this trip was to climb the Nina Moose lake overlook along the river. Peter agreed, but insisted he lead the way and carry my camera – apparently I am not the athlete I remember being. We made it to the top and took some pictures before heading out. We ended up in the parking lot about 9pm, with some daylight to spare. Being that we had a long day, we headed to Fenske Lake Campground and got a site for the night. The excitement was to come the next morning.