Solo Ram to Bower Trout
by Troutfarmer
Day 2. Nice calm morning on Misqua, so I made a coffee, had oatmeal, packed up camp and got going early. Portaged into Vista and promptly caught a perfect filleting size Walleye, but it was much too early in the day to keep it. Portaged to Horseshoe and then Gaskin. My plan was to take a look at Winchell and if the wind wasn’t too bad I’d make my way part of the way west on it since it was still fairly early. Loud wind in the trees made me apprehensive, but it had enough south in it so the lake wasn’t too bad. Ran out of gas about 1/3 of the way up so I took a decent site and called it a day. Site was ok, except a bunch of downed trees, and a pile of wolf scat near the crapper. I was worn out from the portages the day before so I put up a hammock and took a nap. When the wind died down in the late afternoon I tried trolling again for lakers, but no luck. Why are there so many trees sawn down? Is it the forest service dropping widow makers, or is it some jackass with a saw and a bad attitude? Gonna have a drink, make dinner and hope for calm conditions in the morning.