Day 3
I woke up again around 7 AM to get breakfast started. It was looking like a nice day; the sun was shining, and the wind had died down during the night. We cooked up some pancakes along with oatmeal (I wanted oatmeal and pancakes). After cleaning up dishes and making sure camp was in order, we headed out on a long 6-hour day trip to Cummings Lake.
Lunetta Creek
We packed lunch for the way and our fishing gear. As we were paddling onto Little Crab, we noticed a large group staying at the one campsite (we hadn’t visited it yet), so Ben was a little disappointed he wasn’t able to see it then. We sighted a Bald Eagle on the river perched on a tree leading into Korb Lake. We tried getting a picture but weren’t able to take it fast enough before it flew away. The water level was high, so we didn’t have to do the 1 rod portage around some fast moving water and rocks. We saw the campsite on Korb Lake wasn’t taken, so we stopped to check it out.
The Korb Lake campsite is up on a cliff overlooking the lake. It had the kitchen area right above the cliff with the fire grate facing away from the lake. The wind had started picking up and we could feel the breeze from above. There were a few decent tent pads further into the woods in front of the kitchen area. I liked the view and thought this would be a great campsite to come back and stay at someday.
Korb Lake Campsite
Korb Lake Campsite
Korb Lake Campsite
Korb Lake Campsite
Korb Lake Campsite
We took the 70 rod portage leading to Cummings after exploring the Korb campsite. Ben and I put out our fishing rods trolling the Eastern side of Cummings. Ben reeled in several good size smallmouth bass. I even managed to catch a few.
Cummings Lake
Cummings Smallmouth
Cummings Smallmouth
Cummings Smallmouth
We stopped at the three campsites on the Eastern part of Cummings. I liked the second one the most with the sand beach and pines. All three, though, were very nice campsites.
Cummings Campsite
As we were completing the loop back to Korb Lake we decided to stop and fish at the portage by the rapids. Ben had great luck right away! He reeled in a good size bass after a few casts. Shortly afterwards, he reeled in a huge largemouth bass (19-20 inches). This more than made up for the one he lost on Lunetta.
Cummings Largemouth
We both went for a short swim as the location offered plenty of sun and cover from the wind before packing up to go across the portage. We stopped at the Little Crab campsite on the way back to take pictures; the previous campers had left. When we arrived back at Lunetta at 2:00 PM, we decided to stay at camp the rest of the day eating up the food and relaxing in the sun. We had bacon, lettuce, tomato, and avocado wraps for dinner that night, one of my favorites. That evening we packed up everything we could to prepare for the early start the next day.
