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missmolly
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05/29/2017 09:30AM   (Thread Older Than 3 Years)
I leave on Friday for northwestern Ontario. It'll be 25 days of solo fishing. I've had longer solo paddling trips, but this will be the longest fishing trip of my life. I am concerned about my hands holding up to a thousand fish or so and have purchased a couple different kinds of gloves. My first day will be lake trout, brook trout, and rainbow. The next day will be aurora trout and brook trout. Then smallmouth, pike, and walleye. Then muskies. And so on. I'll keep changing species to keep things interesting and am hoping for three Grand Slams.

The First Grand Slam: Trout Town with at least four of the following: splake, lakers, brookies, rainbows, and aurora trout

The Second Grand Slam: Panfish Palooza with at least four of the following: rock bass, pumpkinseed, black crappie, perch, and bluegill

The Third Grand Slam: Standard Slam: this will be the easy one with at least four of the following: smallmouth, largemouth, pike, musky, walleye, sauger, whitefish, and burbot

There will be at least 30 lakes, one big river, and some creeks. SOOO EXCITED!!!! I'll write about it for at least one magazine upon my return and post a trip report too. I'll get plenty of fish pics with the fish laid against a ruler. I hope to hook at least a couple forty-inch pike. In the past, I've released them in the water, but this time, I hope to net them with one hand while holding the rod with the other. Even though I'm bringing a big net, it's gonna be a challenge.
 
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05/29/2017 09:46AM  
That sounds like it has the potential to be a truly epic adventure. I cannot wait to see how it turns out for you.
 
05/29/2017 09:48AM  
Sounds like a dream vacation ! Best of luck , where in N.W.Ontario , (if u want to say) I've done about 6 fly-ins in Ontario
 
05/29/2017 10:58AM  
that's a huge itinerary!!! good luck... i'm a bit concerned with photos, though... who will be taking or will you wear a go pro to catch ALL the action? i've never heard of some of these fish species so i'm excited to see photos and hear about each encounter!
 
missmolly
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05/29/2017 11:14AM  
I'll shoot the photos, Mocha. No GoPro action photos, so the fish photos will suck, as it'll be a fish in the bottom of my canoe against the tape. I'll take three cameras, one an SLR and one waterproof, so I'll get some good scene shots for the article. I do hope to catch some of the rare ones for canoeing, like whitefish, sauger, burbot, and aurora trout.

Shock, it'll be north and east of Kenora.

Dean, thanks for being excited for me! I'm so excited that I don't know if I can hold it all myself.
 
Basspro69
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05/29/2017 12:14PM  
Have a great trip it sounds so awesome. Bring some good lotion for your hands or they will be totally shot by the end of your trip.
 
missmolly
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05/29/2017 12:39PM  
quote Basspro69: "Have a great trip it sounds so awesome. Bring some good lotion for your hands or they will be totally shot by the end of your trip."


Good advice. My hands do worry me. I once did a 1400-mile paddling trip and I started out with thin leather gloves. The gloves developed more and more holes and by the time they were more holes than leather, my skin underneath had callused. Here's hoping I can repeat that trick!
 
Laketrout58
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05/29/2017 02:04PM  
Have a safe trip,miss Molly! You are Wonder Woman! Marc
 
mr.barley
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05/29/2017 02:35PM  
Sounds like a great time! Enjoy yourself. Catch fish. Have the best time ever!
 
walleye_hunter
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05/29/2017 05:59PM  
Have fun and good luck!
 
05/29/2017 06:14PM  
Wow, have fun... be safe and always wear clean underware in case your in an accident. We'll be looking forward to your report and pictures. Pictures of fish never suck.
 
Frenchy
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05/29/2017 07:12PM  
What an awesome sounding trip. Enjoy!
 
05/29/2017 07:24PM  
MissMolly, you are too cool.
 
ozarkpaddler
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05/29/2017 07:29PM  
I'm jealous! You don't think of trout being a "Toothy" fish, but they are. As you know a couple days "Lipping" trout and my hands are always raw, cut, and scraped up. I think a nice pair of mechanic's gloves like you would get at Auto Zone, Lowes, etc would be nice? Looking forward to reading all about it!
 
missmolly
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05/29/2017 07:42PM  
Thanks, gang! However, I wouldn't want to be Wonder Woman. Imagine wearing her outfit when the black flies are biting!

Your tip made me laugh, Ben!
 
05/29/2017 09:22PM  
quote missmolly: "Thanks, gang! However, I wouldn't want to be Wonder Woman. Imagine wearing her outfit when the black flies are biting!


Your tip made me laugh, Ben! "




I was going to say pfd... but that sounded boring. How about an original bug shirt with a wonder woman insignia on it? I think I could talk him into it... but not by Friday.
 
lundojam
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05/30/2017 05:37AM  
camera mount

Sounds like a dream come true. You could de-suckify your fish pics with a mount like the one in the link and the timer function on your camera. Zoom way out and then crop them in post-production.

Have fun!
 
NorthwoodsHeaven
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05/30/2017 08:22AM  
Miss Molly,
For this challenge i would I highly recommend picking up a the newest gopro. Its the perfect solution to your fish picture issue. Mount it facing you on the thwart where it can be turned down to capture the fish on ruler photos. Just get a couple huge memory cards, set it to shoot at 2.7 or 4k (yes they shoot in 4k) and at 30 FPS. Then all you need to do when you get fish down is hit the film button on the gopro (have it set to start recording immediately). It will take video down on the tape and then gopro has great software that allows you to take ANY of those frames as a still. It takes unbelievably good photos and its so easy. You dont have to worry about capturing the perfect frame because you can just select from any of the frames. Totally water proof without a housing, and weighs next to nothing. You can also set it to have voice commands so you dont even have to touch any thing to stop the recording. Just say "GoPro Stop recording".

just a thought
 
bigeyedfish
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05/30/2017 08:56AM  
MM, I am so excited for you! I know you have been researching and anticipating this trip for a while now! I look forward to the trip report and see how many grand slams you get! I know you worry about your hands but we worry about you. Take care of yourself and have a great time. You deserve it...geez it has only been like a couple of years since you last fished, hasn't it?
 
missmolly
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05/30/2017 12:41PM  
It's been six years, which is way too long. However, I did finish a house and build four gardens in that time. I'll be careful. I'll keep telling myself, "Watch my feet," when in the woods.

Yeah, I think I'll get a GoPro and rig my canoe before next year.
 
Nomadmusky
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05/31/2017 08:30AM  
MissMolly,

I love the idea of your trip. I just finished a toothy fish trip, and here are some things I found that worked for me, after being refined over the years because of the need of dailywear contacts and working finger tips.

I don't wear gloves, but do have a release glove in the boat for bad hook jobs, etc... I use Working Man Hands lotion after I use my hand cleaner in the morning, (I think Purell), and after I put my contacts in. It really keeps my hands good. I follow the same routine at night. I also try to put on the liquid skin seal at night and again after my routine in the morning to keep the hook, gill plate, and tooth cuts and pokes from spreading and pealing.

I found this really works well for me and my hands are in very good shape when I finish a trip. The only problem I found is that my finger print thing on my I-phone doesn't work for a couple of days when I get back. It must do something to my fingerprints. I do keep a camera on a gorilla tripod gripping the thwart in front of me for photos, I put the timer on when I'm by myself.

I hope this helps.

Nomad
 
Bdubguy
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05/31/2017 02:24PM  
Sounds fantastic MM, safe travels! I look forward to the reports. What magazine will your story be in?
 
Savage Voyageur
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05/31/2017 03:28PM  
Sounds like an epic trip. Have a safe and fun trip.
 
missmolly
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05/31/2017 04:29PM  
quote Bdubguy: "Sounds fantastic MM, safe travels! I look forward to the reports. What magazine will your story be in?"


Just Canoe & Kayak online. It'll be a how-to-do logging road paddling trips on Crown Land, so not a trip report, but I'll write the latter for bwca.com!
 
05/31/2017 09:27PM  
It sounds like you have an awesome trip planned and have an awesome attitude about it. I can't add anything I think would be of use, but I am sure am eager to read your reports.

Have a great time MM.
 
05/31/2017 09:27PM  
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Nomadmusky
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05/31/2017 09:42PM  
I found a picture of my camera tripod.
 
MagicPaddler
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06/01/2017 05:52AM  
Something I have been doing for the last several years for my hands is waring water proof leather gloves. I take a pair of leather gloves and work as much SnoSeal into them as I can. I put the gloves on and rub it in all over then do it again with some kind of heat source to get the SnoSeal to penetrate even deeper. For fishing I just use the left one which is the one I handle fish with. As long as the cuff does not go under water my hand stays dry. They also come in handy around camp and for tending the fire.
 
missmolly
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06/01/2017 06:14AM  
quote Nomadmusky: "I found a picture of my camera tripod. "


Nothing like a fisher with a bright smile holding a dark fish beneath a dark sky!

Thanks for the well wishes and ideas, all. I do have a clamp-on camera thingy: if I can just find it, I'll bring it! I'm also going to stop and buy some serious hand lotion to apply at night and try the glove idea, one hand and two hands. Of course, if I fail to catch fish, the hands won't be a problem, but it's Crown Land, where the fish are even dumber than me, so that likely won't happen. Now, for a little song by way of John Denver and Peter, Paul, and Mary:

I'm leaving in a big car
It's so heavy
It don't go far*
Oh, God, I'm glad to go!



*without guzzling more gas!
 
Kawnipi1
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06/01/2017 06:46PM  
I hope you have great weather and a breeze on your tail.

I so look forward to your trip report.

Do you write a journal during your trips? I wish I did on my many trips. Will be this year.

With your targeting so many species I would love to see your tackle box.

K
 
missmolly
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06/01/2017 07:47PM  
Good idea about a journal! I just grabbed a notepad because of you.

Tackle BOX? Ha. I've got several. One is small for bushwhacking through the woods to cast from the shore. Another is for muskies. Another is smallish for fishing lakes for only a few hours. Then there's a little one for trout and the big one for when I'll be at the same lake for a few days. I'm targeting more than a dozen species for spice. I think if I just fished one or two for three plus weeks, I might lose focus. I'm all packed and leaving at six in the morning.
 
Basspro69
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06/01/2017 07:53PM  
quote Nomadmusky: "I found a picture of my camera tripod. "
What a beautiful dark Laker, awesome fish !
 
Basspro69
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06/01/2017 07:55PM  
Mrs Molly my level of jealousy is at an all time high, Have a great trip !!! p.s. If you catch an Aurora trout take 97 pictures of it :-)
 
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