Tuesday, July 21, 2015

John and Judi to lake four. 7-15-15

John and I paddled to the entrance of lake three.  When we entered the lake Judi joined in to help power us into a stiff east wind.  We had already efficiently done the portage and had a nice lunch on an island.  We were enthused to complete the last hours of our trip and get to lake four.  We found the crossing of Lake Three daunting.  We rested in the channel between Three and Four.  We started fishing as soon as camp was made.  John cast a few times and landed a giant Bass.  He was so happy.  Me too.  We had bass, and steak for supper. We fished after supper from shore catching and  releasing several bass and sunfish.   After breakfast we fished more.  By one pm  we had 5 bass and a northern. John  had caught the two biggest fish.   We fried them up and then took a nap. The afternoon was bright, hot and windy.  At eight pm we loaded the canoe and headed for the channel that went north from camp..   We were hoping for good luck.  We got several hand sized sunfish.  John got one giant bass.  He is the winner of the biggest fish contest.   The bugs drove us off the water and home we went.  As luck would have it we now had to paddle back to lake two in a westerly head wind.  It was work but we did it.   We found one of the last sites available at 12:30 .   The place  was crowded.  At seven pm that night we went fishing again.  There was no luck in lake two.  We fished till nine pm with out a nibble.   We were chased into our tents by mosquitoes.   It was o.k. tho because it had been a long day.    In the morning we paddled in a side wind, not bad but a little difficult.  When we turned north in the middle of the lake we were able to sail with easy paddling.  The weather was decent except for the wind.  Got rained on once  for about ten minutes.  The fishing was great.  The companionship was wonderful.





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