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Pinetree

07/11/2017 02:26PM

Anybody finding any?

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TuscaroraBorealis

07/11/2017 03:05PM

Checked a couple days ago. There are some blue berries but 90-95% were still green. (This was on the Iron Range), I'd suspect they're a little further behind up north.

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Banksiana

07/11/2017 04:06PM

I found good picking outside of Ely on Friday and Saturday in a small patch on a sun-drenched ridge. Other than that one spot most were green.

Nobody exists on purpose, nobody belongs anywhere, everybody’s going to die.

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bhouse46

07/11/2017 06:44PM

Sawbill and north to Wine saw lots of very small green berries, a few larger ones, but nothing turning yet. The site in the bay at the north end of Kelso it appeared some bug was eating the leaves as many were damaged and I saw no berries on any of those plants.

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northallen

07/12/2017 07:49AM

Just finalized plan for week of Aug 7. Hope we're not too late. Bringing plenty of pancake batter in need of blueberries and raspberries.

One more cast... 'Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience' R.W. Emerson

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mirth

07/12/2017 12:20PM

I think you're fine. We tripped a week later last year and they were plentiful wherever we looked.

When a man is part of his canoe, he is part of all that canoes have ever known. - Sigurd F. Olson, "The Singing Wilderness"

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Pinetree

07/12/2017 02:37PM

Good rains lately should help prevent drying out.

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ekffazr

07/18/2017 12:11PM

quote northallen: "Just finalized plan for week of Aug 7. Hope we're not too late. Bringing plenty of pancake batter in need of blueberries and raspberries."

we have traditionally gone around that time but have had not much luck with Blueberries.
not to say you wont find them, that's just our experience. I hope you find so many you get sick off of them :)

so we moved up a week this year in hopes of better scrounging.
we go in July 29
I hope I did it right, or I will be tarred and feathered by our group.

Today could be your last chance to be good to yourself

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syogod

07/18/2017 12:43PM

Just got back from a trip last week. Found a grand total of 5 ripe ones on Horse Lake. Everything else was green.

quote northallen: "Just finalized plan for week of Aug 7. Hope we're not too late. Bringing plenty of pancake batter in need of blueberries and raspberries."

Two years ago we were up on Brule Lake around that time and found huge numbers. Probably could have filled 2 Nalgenes if we wanted to.

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nofish

07/18/2017 01:48PM

Ive been up in early to mid August the last 3 years and have had good blueberry picking with some scattered raspberries as well.

I was just up along the north shore and also Ely last week and found nothing but green blueberries and an occasional wild strawberry that was ripe. The blueberries did seem to be plentiful so once ripe it should be good picking. I think late July to early August should be decent but I'm guessing blueberries will stretch into mid August.

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ekffazr

07/18/2017 02:10PM

last year early mid august 9-16....there was nothing for blueberries
this was around fishdance lake

Today could be your last chance to be good to yourself

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mirth

07/18/2017 04:30PM

quote ekffazr: "last year early mid august 9-16....there was nothing for blueberries
this was around fishdance lake
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Last year on the granite river route, same time window. The place was carpeted with them, especially our last campsite on Sag.

When a man is part of his canoe, he is part of all that canoes have ever known. - Sigurd F. Olson, "The Singing Wilderness"

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HappyHuskies

07/18/2017 05:00PM

I was out picking east of Ely today and there were lots of ripe berries on the south facing slopes.

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BSW

07/18/2017 06:39PM

We just returned from the numbered lakes and we found some ripe ones. Enough to put on our pancakes. :-}

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Pinetree

07/18/2017 07:39PM

quote BSW: "We just returned from the numbered lakes and we found some ripe ones. Enough to put on our pancakes. :-}

"

I wonder how the burn area is looking for blueberries and the burns up the Gunflint have been excellent in the past few years. This year?

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Jaywalker

07/18/2017 07:56PM

I was camped out near Cook last week from the 10nth to the 15th. There were a few edible blueberries but they were small and not very sweet. Raspberries were a bit better.

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thebotanyguy

07/18/2017 08:24PM

I photographed these today (7/18) at the in-laws place just west of the BWCA. Peak ripening should be here by next weekend. Fruit set was poor this year, and it may take a bit more work to gather for a meal of blueberry pancakes.

"Said one of these men, long past seventy years of age: 'I could carry, paddle, walk and sing with any man I ever saw. I have been twenty-four years a canoe man, and forty-one years in service; no portage was ever too long for me. Fifty songs could I sing. I have saved the lives of ten voyageurs. Have had twelve wives and six running dogs. I spent all my money in pleasure. Were I young again, I should spend my life the same way over. There is no life so happy as a voyageur's life!'"

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anthonyp007

07/18/2017 08:51PM

I just got back from LIS North and I was in the berries all trip long. I had them with breakfast almost everyday. I'd say next week they'll be popping like crazy. There were lots that were still a little pink colored.

Tony

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egknuti

07/18/2017 09:22PM

Mostly still green. Looks like we're still a week or so away from full rippening.

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nofish

07/19/2017 08:30AM

The moral of the story seems to be that location really matters. Depending on where you are you might be finding berries now or you may be a week or two out yet.

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bmaines

07/19/2017 08:43AM

August 4th and 5th last year. 41 miles up the trail. 65 qt cooler.

A severed foot is the ultimate stocking stuffer. Mitch Hedberg

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Pinetree

07/19/2017 08:50AM

quote bmaines: "August 4th and 5th last year. 41 miles up the trail. 65 qt cooler. "

You ate them you surely had blue teeth. WOW>

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bmaines

07/19/2017 12:34PM

Many were eaten, while at least half are resting quietly in bottles in the wine cellar under my basement steps.

A severed foot is the ultimate stocking stuffer. Mitch Hedberg

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vnzill

07/19/2017 01:38PM

We just came out on Sunday July 16 and there were a few ripe ones but most were still green. Ones in full sun were more ripe.

Hitting alligators with your paddle causes problems

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BSW

07/19/2017 05:19PM

Found these on Lake One. I can't answer for the rest of the lakes.

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BigZig

07/24/2017 02:36PM

North of Crab-Cummings Lake area the blue berries were about 60-70% ripe over the 7/21-23 weekend.

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BigZig

07/24/2017 02:36PM

North of Crab-Cummings Lake area the blue berries were about 60-70% ripe over the 7/21-23 weekend.

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ekffazr

07/25/2017 10:08AM

should be perfect for our trip coming Friday

hi bigzig, its me your new neighbor :)

Today could be your last chance to be good to yourself

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Pinetree

07/29/2017 07:47PM

They must be peaking soon?

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riverrunner

07/30/2017 07:25AM

From what I saw up near sea gull last week I say peak is about now.

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HangLoose

07/30/2017 11:13AM

I exited near the end of the Gunflint Trail on July 27 and there were lots of blueberries but most of them were at least a week away from ripe. I did enter one ripened blueberry in the Biggest Blueberry Contest on the Gunflint Trail. But I just saw that someone entered a 2.05 gram monster that crushed my .37 gram entry.

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northallen

07/30/2017 10:22PM

Good to hear Duluth Pack. We enter in one week. Looking forward to finding some.

One more cast... 'Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience' R.W. Emerson

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northallen

08/04/2017 10:24PM

Driving to Gunflint Outfitters tomorrow and paddling in on Sunday. Bringing plenty of ziplocks and pancake mix. Hope to post pics of full bags, smiling faces and stained shirts.

One more cast... 'Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience' R.W. Emerson

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northallen

08/04/2017 10:24PM

Driving to Gunflint Outfitters tomorrow and paddling in on Sunday. Bringing plenty of ziplocks and pancake mix. Hope to post pics of full bags, smiling faces and stained shirts.

One more cast... 'Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience' R.W. Emerson

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northallen

08/10/2017 03:37PM

We had to search some, but we found enough for pancakes. Looks like we were on the tail end of them. Many shriveled and on the ground, but some still green and small.

One more cast... 'Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience' R.W. Emerson

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Pinetree

08/10/2017 04:29PM

Sounds like the Gunflint area was not as good this year as recent mega crops.

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nojobro

08/10/2017 09:46PM

Just returned from the far eastern BW. Did not see a single blueberry

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nm1

08/13/2017 04:30PM

We found plenty of perfectly ripe ones for our oatmeal last week on Carl (SW of Morgan) on the Gunflint trail. Oddly, all the other blueberries we saw were still green.

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