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Oyster Lake-Quality Trip
by BWCA Kid

Trip Type: Paddling Canoe
Entry Date: 05/18/2007
Entry & Exit Point: Moose/Portage River (north) (EP 16)
Number of Days: 8
Group Size: 4
Day 3 of 8
Sunday, May 20, 2007-We once again woke up early this morning. It was spitting snow for about 1 and a 1/2 hours. That was my first ever BWCA snow. I enjoyed a nice warm cup of hot chocolate and a delicious breakfast. Today we planned on going to Rocky lake (north of Oyster) to fish smallmouth bass. We took the 65 rd. portage to Rocky Lake and began fishing. We were not very surprised with the fishing on Rocky Lake after all the good things we had heard about it. We managed to catch only 6 fish on Rocky Lake. We took a lunch break and stopped on the shore and had a snack. We also went for a little hike where we found a little beaver pond, a dead cow moose skeleton, and a huge pile of bear stuff. We later went back out and fished for 2 more hours without catching a thing. WE headed back to Oyster Lake and caught a couple more fish for dinner. My dad caught a huge smallmouth-about 5 and a 1/2 lb. We went to camp and had dinner and went to bed for the night.