Rolled out of bed at 3:15 AM. Woke up my son (Aaron), steered him towards the truck and we were on the road in less than one hour. A couple of quick stops along the way (dry goods, b-fast and crawlers) and we were at Sawbill by 10:15. Picked up the permit, watched the video, loaded up and we were on Sawbill Lake by 11:30 AM

Due to our start time, we were not going to make it to Cherokee today. We paddled the 3 miles to the Northwest end of the lake and set up camp. It was a nice open site but the last campers there had left a smoldering fire. Not to smart considering the forest fire earlier in the year. The campsite had a nice cross breeze and an excellent view of the lake.

The boys helped us with the initial camp set-up and we then let them go fishing whiles Steve & I took care fo the rest. My son mainly fishes with a Northland Tackle Whistler Jig and attaches a Bass Asassin tail. I kept trying to tell him there are more lures and jig combinations out there. Guess who pulled in a small Northern, a 12" Walleye and a Smallie that afternoon? Not Dad, Steve or Charlie. I managed a 20" Norhtern on a Mepps Syclops.

Steve taught me a lot today about making camp in the BW. Due to use, we could not find much wood near the camp site. Took the canoe across to an island and found all we needed. None of the trees had any good branches for hanging the food bag but we were able to get the bag up in-between two bare trees for our liking.

Dinner was steaks and alfredo noodles w/cookies and Hudson Bay bread for dessert. Made a couple of bourbonades and were in the tent by 10:00 PM.