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https://quietjourney.com/community/YABB.cgi?num=1119166808 Message started by VoyageurNorth on Jun 19th, 2005 at 6:40am |
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Title: Re: Jamboree? No one there? Post by hexnymph on Jun 20th, 2005 at 2:40am
Well, this is Brian Hess... er... Hex and here is my report.
First off I'd like to hearby proclaim the lake as "Sucker Lake". Besides the six of us suckers, we managed to catch one. It was the only fish to be pulled from those waters. The trip "in" was not bad with a lot of high country and "easy travel", the trip out was not the same story.... Fishing the rest of the trip was good and bronze backs were plentiful, along with lakers and eyes. Bugs... ticks not as bad as last year (I had less then 20) Skeeters of course. Black flies here and there. No-see-ums were horrible, especially while fileting fish or pumping water. Saturday, PP, to Lousia. Sunday Lousia to McEwen (we stayed at the Hilton there) Monday McEwent to Kawnipi. Tuesday before the Jamboree we suffered in the rain just as any other people out there. We were camped on Kawnipi just east of the labeled pictograph. Tuesday we traveled west, in the wind and rain, to Rose Island. From there we headed to the south west to the little bay (with two streams running into it). We set up camp on the point on the southern end of the bay, then did a recon trip up the stream on the north end of the bay to find the first lake. That night we cooked walleye and smallies in the cold wind and rain, had some sips off the platty and hit the hay. Wednesday we woke up around 6:30am to a bright sunny morning. We hung all of our gear from lines to dry while prepairing breakfast. Packed our gear and headed to the stream again. The "portage" up the hill was painful but at the same time tolerable. We got onto the first lake within an hour and a half. Lake was semi dark water with lots of solid rock sometimes cliffy shoreline. We paddled to the north end of the lake and headed due west to the southern tip of the next lake. Lunch break. We headed to the north end of that lake and brushcrashed along the southern end of the stream to the next lake. A short paddle across the lake and due west again till we hit the lake directly northwest of Sucker lake. This lake was also rock shoreline but much clearer water. We paddled across that lake and into Sucker lake. We reached the lake between 3 and 4pm, did a quick patrol around the lake and determined it was vacant. We said to ourselves "first pick at a campsite", and picked the "point" on the southern end of the lake. On top of said point can now be found a fire ring and a "bench". Our tent pads were back from the fire ring surrounded by sweet ferns and pink lady slippers. Once done setting up camp we attempted to catch dinner but the sucker was the only fish pulled up. Then we waited for people to show... asking ourselves if this was some kind of joke we fell for (again with the "sucker"). We passed the plattys and hit the hay. Thursday we got up, gave up, and brushcrashed southeast across two puddles before we turned west and hit the northern most point of Williams lake, headed south through Payne (and saw the magnificent pictos) and camped on Hurlbert.... Friday Hurlbert, Silence, Agnes for picto's, back to Silence. Satruday hauled A$$ from Silence to PP. Thanks to VNO for your services. Hex P.S. 100% positive we were on the right lake. |
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