Wednesday - Fish and Rest Day
Our plan for the day was to try and find more Walleye around our island like we caught the day before and paddle to the northeast to fish some contour lines that looked promising. We took some extra time for coffee an breakfast in the morning and were on the water a little after 9. After failing to bring up a Walleye in our first couple hours, we switch to targeting small mouth along the shores and bays of the islands and had some success. The weather was calm and cool and the GPS tracked about 6 miles of travel and fishing.
We came back to our site for some late lunch and afternoon resting when the winds picked up. We watched a solo paddler make their way up the narrow bay to the south heading towards our site noticed how straight they were tacking even without a double paddle. The site is covered by small trees and hedges on the south side so I walked out to the beach to signal that the site was occupied. After letting her know that the site to the east was open, she thanked us and told us about the Moose she just spotted around the point of our island! We grabbed the camera and our rods, and paddled around hoping to catch a glimpse... no luck.
Later, we made another trip out after 5 to try for the evening bite. No luck with Walleyes again, but a few more bass kept our spirits up. Along the north shore of our island there was a treasure trove of washed up beaver-wood! As many of you may already know, beaver wood is some of the best fire wood you can find as long as you aren't raiding an active lodge. We had a great fire that night.