Sunday, May 25, 2025 ~Temperatures dropped to the upper-30s overnight which made for some chilly but nice sleeping. This also helped keep the bugs at bay for most of the trip. :) During the day, the temperature was mostly sunny and in the mid to upper 60s. Clear and calm to start the day with a little mild wind kicking up in the afternoon at 5-10 mph. Calm in the evening for some great fishing.

The guys woke up at different times and breakfasts were on your own for this trip. It was a chilly morning but you can’t beat the calm and peace of those misty morning sunrises up in the Boundary Waters. We all got our breakfasts at various times and then broke off in pairs to get out fishing. It was a beautiful morning to be out fishing but it was very slow. We have never had great luck fishing in the AM for walleye, especially on clear bodies of water. This morning was the same. Out of our 6 guys out fishing we only caught a handful of walleyes in a few hours of fishing time. We tried a variety of techniques including trolling crankbaits, lindy rigging, casting jigs, dragging swimbaits slowly, slip bobbering, etc to little avail. With the slow morning and too much time until the prime time a few of us decided to fish a different smaller lake nearby to take the temperature on the bass fishing and gauge where we were at with the spawn. This turned out to be a good call as we were able to get into pretty consistent pike and bass action on the smaller lake and some shallow bays on Knife lake. Caught around 15 Smallmouth bass and a couple Northern Pike.

We made it back to camp by early afternoon. We made up our big meal of the day and relaxed around camp for a while. Some people napped in hammocks or tents and some guys sat and talked or read. We did have a few slip bobbers out most of the time when we are in camp and did well sporadically but not too much during the day. We all ventured out in the evening to fish and all of us targeted Walleye. It was another slower evening overall for the group only catching about 40 walleyes between the 8 of us. It was a glorious evening in the BWCA and it was amazing to spend it with friends and family in such a beautiful place! We had another campfire and relaxed around the fire while a few guys tended slip bobbers of camp having some pretty consistent walleye action for a few hours even into the dark.