Nautical dawn came early and I began packing up as Phil still slumbered. After everything was packed, I tossed a Rappela into the small bay and quickly produced a skinny Northern, well at least I'm on the board I thought. After a quick breakfast of english muffins with sausage and scrambled egg we were off! The first Portage was easy enough and on through Ada Creek. The second portage into Ada Lake was pretty mucky due to recent rains. After Ada Lake, we were pleasantly surprised that the 90ish rod portage was now passible after a lift over beaver dam #1. Near Skoop lake there is a very small portage. At that end I noticed some used TP... where there's TP there's usually a duce. Yup, right there, on the portage, was human feces. Come on guys, this is Bush league, I guarantee this was not none by a lady. Right next to the pile was the remnants of a campfire. Beaver dam #2 was discovered on Cherokee creek, again it was not too bad.

Moving on, we found our site on Cherokee #888 the large island on the South end of Cherokee. On this website it is rated a 3 but I believe it is a low 4. Lots of trees for hammocks and tarps. plenty of trees for the food hang. Just before supper I caught my personal best Northern (i'm a semi casual angler).