Day Trip to Cross Bay

Decided to hit the walleye hole in Cross Bay again. Threw jigs and deep divers all over the place. Again, a couple of nibbles, but none landed. We camped on Cross Bay last year and caught walleyes there - so we know they are there....but no dice for us this trip. EP 50 is certainly a busy entry point. Most people we saw were either coming or going to Long Lake. Hoping to spy moose between Cross Bay and Snipe - but all we got were tracks and scat.

Baked a couple of BWCA campfire pizzas back at home. Very dry - so we kept our fire small and short. No fire ban when we went in - but you could tell is was just a matter of time. More turtles....we later learned Mom's job is done after laying eggs. 65-70 day incubation - putting the hatch sometime in early to mid August. Less than 1 percent of eggs survive to breeding age. There was no shortage of turtles on our trip - so the egg laying behavior we observed was necessary for the future.