BWCA Entry Point, Route, and Trip Report Blog
May 11 2024
Entry Point 23 - Mudro Lake
Number of Permits per Day: 5
Elevation: 1166 feet
Latitude: 48.0356
Longitude: -91.8301
On the Water- Monday July 20th-
On the water late considering how far we need to go today. Up the Horse river to the falls by 6pm. Started raining and NO campsites available. Mudrow-Alruss-Tin can Mike-Horse Lake-Horse River-Basswood. 13 miles by water. (not counting portages)
Tuesday July 21st-
Rain all night, all morning and all day. Went north by petroglyphs, table rock and the the Crocked Lake Narrows across Thursday bay to campsite. Basswood-Crooked Lake-Wednesday Bay-Thursday Bay. 11 miles in the rain.
Wednesday July 22nd-
Up early and calm winds to take advantage of, considering the big water we have to cross. Found beaver dam to lift over and did a portage from hell between Pandos lake and Chippewa Lake. VERY steep and slippery after rain. Many mud holes. Then the mile portage after Wagosh Lake to Gun Lake. Never saw another soul in a canoe or campsite the entire day! Thursday bay-Friday Bay-Pandos Lake-Chippewa Lake-Wagosh lake-Gun Lake. 11 miles by water.
Thursday July 23rd-
Finally had a dry night. got everything dry!!! A few portages today to Fourtown Lake campsite. Easy day by comparison. Gun Lake-Fairy Lake-Boot Lake-Fourtown Lake. 6 miles. Put the long miles at the first of the week for a buffer for contingencies!
Friday July 24th-
Last day. Stormed last night bad. A few portages today with one bad one between Fourtown Lake and Mudrow lake. To entry point by 1pm. Ready for a hot shower! 4 miles
Total-
45 miles by water
13 miles by portage (3 trips each)
58 miles total.
Moose/Wind/Washte/Witness
Entry Date:
September 09, 2023
Entry Point:
Moose Lake
Number of Days:
4
Group Size:
4
Day 2 - A beautiful fall day! Wind Lake is a busy thoroughfare in the middle of the lake, but we ended up with the last available sight on the far east side of the lake and saw no one. The following morning, my son and I fished various points and bays on wind with just a little success. Then we decided to do some exploring. We paddled to the Washte portage ( about 40 rods ) and checked it out. An incredibly large, shallow lake. Saw some swans and we fished a bit in the deepest holes we could find, but not worth the effort. Although it's not on my map, my son insisted there was, once upon a time, a portage to Witness lake. After lots of looking, we finally found it! If interested, aim for the largest boulder on the far side of the lake. It's behind there. The portage wasn't in too bad of shape. We walked it ( about 40 rods ) and looked. My son talked me into to going back and getting the canoe and fishing poles and giving it a try. While we gave it an hour or two, we only caught 1 small perch. Too bad as it looked like it had potential. Anyway, we worked our way back to camp and ate the northern that our buddies had caught for dinner.
Day 3 - Now things get interesting. My son and buddy woke up early and fished some bays. I fished from shore and caught a 3lb smallie. They came back after a few hours and said they caught a fish on about every 4th cast! Northerns and smallies with a couple of largemouth in between. We went out and caught some more smallies ( and one walleye) before the rains came. And it rained and rained and rained from 1pm to 4am.
Day 4 - We woke up to wet ground and cloudy skies. We fished until 11 and did ok. Maybe 6 more fish between all of us. Then we packed up and headed home. A good trip.
Couple of notes: * Saw a loon with lure stuck in its bill. We tried to help him, but he dove when we got close. Bummer. * Here's a new one. The new guy brought an electric razor with him and shaved in the dark around the campfire. Funny * Lots of swans. I guess it's migration time. * A mouse drowned in our pot of water when we weren't looking. Yuck!