Mooseplums and Mr. Barley's 25th Anniversary Canoe Trip
by mooseplums
Trip Type:
Paddling Canoe
Entry Date:
05/15/2010
Entry Point:
Missing Link Lake (EP 51)
Exit Point:
Brant Lake (EP 52)
Number of Days:
7
Group Size:
2
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Day 5 of 7
Wednesday, May 19, 2010 Breakfast was oatmeal on steroids (with fruits, and nuts), and then off to fish. We really hammered the lakers today, fishing this trip was crazy good. We stopped on a sand beach and gathered firewood, and stretched our legs. We saved out 3 fish, and headed back to camp. We filleted the fish, fed the gulls the spoils, and made bacon wrapped lake trout fillets. We had no tooth picks or skewers so I carved some out of cedar. We had a side of stuffing, along with the fish. It was gourmet eating, for sure. That afternoon we napped, and just chilled in camp. We watched the gulls and an eagle compete for the fish carcasses. The eagle literally dove in the water for one of the carcasses that the gulls had dropped. He used his wings to swim back to the rock. I had never seen that before. It was unusually warm, more like mid to late June, instead of May. So we sat in the shade of a jackpine, and then a late afternoon bath with the sunshower. Of course the day would not have been complete with out more fishing..so that's what we did with the rest of the day. We have been seeing more people today on Gillis, a lot of people traveling through and looking for campsites. We had a nice fire tonight, It really cools off fast.
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