Thursday, May 26
The morning was beautiful and calm. We fished in the bays around camp. We didn't catch much, but we at least got enough for dinner.
Calm Morning on Kawishiwi
Walleye for Dinner
In the afternoon, we mostly relaxed and read. The walleye tasted good for dinner. After supper, we talked about moving the next day. Normally, we like to base camp. Neither of us really likes to take down and set up camp, so we typically just find a campsite and stay there. However, we decided that the campsite to the east of us might be better and it would be worth moving.
Friday, May 27
Despite our plan to move, we decided to take it easy in the morning. We had a nice pancake breakfast and then leisurely packed up camp. We were on the water by 9:30 AM heading east. The weather was great - sunny and very little wind. It only took 30 minutes to paddle to the other campsite. From the water it looked nice and (even better) unoccupied. We landed and took a look around. We decided to make this our home for the next couple of nights.
Kawishiwi Camp
Kawishiwi Camp
Kawishiwi Camp
We set up camp, had lunch, and decided to try fishing. I wanted to go see Malberg and take pictures of some of the campsites there. The portage to Malberg was pretty easy. I tried fishing at the portage with no luck. There was a canoe fishing on the Malberg side of the portage.
We visited a couple of campsites on Malberg. One was very nice; the other was one I would not want to stay at. We caught a couple of fish, but nothing very big. We fished on the way back to the portage, only catching a couple of rocks. Fishing on the Kawishiwi next to the campsite was better. We were able to catch a nice northern and a walleye for dinner.
We were treated to some views of wildlife near our campsite. Loons and eagles are always spectacular, and I love seeing them.
Loon
Eagle in Flight
I wanted to try fishing at sunset, so we fished around the island in front of the campsite. We caught a few smallmouth, but the bugs were horrendous, even with our headnets on. We went back to the campsite before we went crazy.
