Fishing trip at Long Lake

Wade and I took a short trip to Long Lake on the Allagash Wilderness Waterway. On Saturday we put in at Umsaskis Bridge and motored down to the Grey Brook Campsite.  After setting up camp, we motored to Ross Stream and fished.  We each caught a 16" brook trout which we kept to cook for dinner.  Several smaller trout were caught but we released them.  Overall excellent fishing!!  We had hoped to pick some fiddleheads for dinner but it's still too early.  On the way by McNallys Ross Stream Camps we saw The Richardson's relaxing out front enjoying a glass of wine and taking in their amazing view. We stopped to say hello and visit for a while.  Someday I want to stay there, it is charming and very remote.  After a trout dinner we relaxed by the fire and listened to the loons.  On the opposite shore from our campsite we found an old logging camp site with a spring house still standing.  You could see where the old buildings once stood but they were gone.  We were surprised to find 6 or 7 big  bunches of rhubarb still growing strong like they had been tended carefully.  On the way home we picked up a car at Round Pond to drive back to Allagash and checked our bait trap.  We caught at least 6 dozen but had to let they go because we forgot to bring our cooler to transport them home with.  In all we saw four deer, one moose, one nice bear, and  six partridge.  We both agreed we need to camp out more often.