Saturday, August 25, 2012
Greg, Gregory and Andrew go to Lake Two, 8,20-22,12
The four of us headed across Lake One on our first canoe trip together. We paddled past many beautiful shorelines, narrow channels and wide open lakes. We crossed two short portages to Lake Two very efficiently. Because it was the end of the busy season we didn't see many other canoeists. We were fortunate to find my favorite campsite empty. We pitched camp right away and set up some northern bait on bobbers off the west rock. Supper was started after a firewood expedition. We enjoyed sweet corn, baked potatoes, salad and grilled chicken. For dessert we had S'mores. Everyone went to bed early. The next morning progressed with bacon and eggs and lots of coffee. We rigged up for trolling and headed for a large bay to the east of camp. We worked our way east and tried to cover the deep water hoping to find a Northern. We then looped around some structure and found ourselves on the north shore heading west. All of a sudden Greg's line went taught and then broke. We looked back to see an Eagle flying away with the fish and lure that was on Greg's line. What an awesome experience. We then headed for the Dangerous Waters trail. We hiked the trail and had a lunch on the rock. The river was beautiful here and we took many photos of the area. We headed back to camp and continued shore fishing while the boys climbed rocks and enjoyed the woods. They were very much at home in the wilderness. Supper was Calzones made over the fire, and then later in the evening we had S'mores. We fished the evening away hoping that a Northern would find our bait attractive. At about 8pm Greg caught a nice Northern. I cleaned it and saved it for breakfast in the morning. Our last day's breakfast was the Northern, bacon and fried eggs. We were packed and on the water around 10am. The paddle out through the lakes that returned us to the landing was peaceful and beautiful with full sunshine and gentle breezes.
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