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GeoFisher	03/26/2017 07:16PM   quote missmolly: "This is what I get for not fishing for six years: I get an itch so bad that I fritter the winter concocting ever fuller fishing days. So, for the ninth day of my trip, I've mapped out ten lakes. I'll awake on one, fish seven in passing, which means I'll stop the car, go down to a lake, cast a dozen or so times, and roll on. I'll unload the canoe to fish a lake at mid-day and come evening, I'll unload again and fish another two. Considering I'll only be casting a dozen or so times in half a dozen lakes, I probably won't catch fish in everyone, but considering it's Canada, I'll have a chance. What's the most lakes you've ever fished in a day? " Why no fishing for 6 years?
GeoFisher	03/26/2017 07:18PM   quote Basspro69: "9 in one day. In the fall I have a milk run of small trout lakes that can be fished effectively from shore and they are really close to each other. I dialed it back after that day and I only fish 3or4 in a day now to fish them a little more effectively. " Man......those are stellar........... I think I need to come up there and trout fish, and you need to come down here and smallie fish. I think a Winter Float and Fly trip on Dale Hollow :) . there were a few over 6 caught this year. the fishery is getting better :)
GeoFisher	03/27/2017 06:35PM   quote Basspro69: "quote GeoFisher: "quote Basspro69: "9 in one day. In the fall I have a milk run of small trout lakes that can be fished effectively from shore and they are really close to each other. I dialed it back after that day and I only fish 3or4 in a day now to fish them a little more effectively. " Man......those are stellar........... I think I need to come up there and trout fish, and you need to come down here and smallie fish. I think a Winter Float and Fly trip on Dale Hollow :) . there were a few over 6 caught this year. the fishery is getting better :) " 6 Pound smallies, Man I had to cross my legs LOL. What's the crappie fishing like down there Geo." We throw pounders back. :) :) . you can get into some seriously nice crappie. I've caught them to 2lbs while bass fishing. I don't target them often, but when I do, I usually catch some nice ones. Last week, while fishing for bass, we ended up catching 31 hybrid striped bass. Talk about pulling your arm off :) . Later, Geo
Basspro69	03/27/2017 07:55AM   quote GeoFisher: "quote Basspro69: "9 in one day. In the fall I have a milk run of small trout lakes that can be fished effectively from shore and they are really close to each other. I dialed it back after that day and I only fish 3or4 in a day now to fish them a little more effectively. " Man......those are stellar........... I think I need to come up there and trout fish, and you need to come down here and smallie fish. I think a Winter Float and Fly trip on Dale Hollow :) . there were a few over 6 caught this year. the fishery is getting better :) " 6 Pound smallies, Man I had to cross my legs LOL. What's the crappie fishing like down there Geo.
GoSpursGo	03/27/2017 01:49PM   quote Basspro69: "9 in one day. In the fall I have a milk run of small trout lakes that can be fished effectively from shore and they are really close to each other. I dialed it back after that day and I only fish 3or4 in a day now to fish them a little more effectively. " I like the look of that brookie down there!!!
missmolly	03/27/2017 04:42PM   quote GeoFisher: "quote missmolly: "This is what I get for not fishing for six years: I get an itch so bad that I fritter the winter concocting ever fuller fishing days. So, for the ninth day of my trip, I've mapped out ten lakes. I'll awake on one, fish seven in passing, which means I'll stop the car, go down to a lake, cast a dozen or so times, and roll on. I'll unload the canoe to fish a lake at mid-day and come evening, I'll unload again and fish another two. Considering I'll only be casting a dozen or so times in half a dozen lakes, I probably won't catch fish in everyone, but considering it's Canada, I'll have a chance. What's the most lakes you've ever fished in a day? " Why no fishing for 6 years? " I bought an unfinished house and have built five gardens too.
GeoFisher	03/27/2017 06:37PM   quote missmolly: "quote GeoFisher: "quote missmolly: "This is what I get for not fishing for six years: I get an itch so bad that I fritter the winter concocting ever fuller fishing days. So, for the ninth day of my trip, I've mapped out ten lakes. I'll awake on one, fish seven in passing, which means I'll stop the car, go down to a lake, cast a dozen or so times, and roll on. I'll unload the canoe to fish a lake at mid-day and come evening, I'll unload again and fish another two. Considering I'll only be casting a dozen or so times in half a dozen lakes, I probably won't catch fish in everyone, but considering it's Canada, I'll have a chance. What's the most lakes you've ever fished in a day? " Why no fishing for 6 years? " I bought an unfinished house and have built five gardens too. " Ah, seems like I read that somewhere. My wife and I spent the last year doing a full remodel of our downstairs. We are in a bi-level and the downstairs had some water issues. * Totally replaced all the drain tile. * Waterproofed the outside * To the studs demo. * Took out a support wall, added 18ft lvl header * 6ft double pocket doors.....Oh hell yea. * New electrical panel * New wiring downstairs * Multimedia wiring, RG-6, Fiber, CAT-6. * New bamboo Flooring * New trim * Trey ceiling touched up with crown molding. * Lift pump in outside stairwell, with battery backup and warning system. New furniture up and downstairs. Man, just thinking about it makes me tired. BUT we love it....... Later, Geo
missmolly	03/27/2017 07:58PM   quote GeoFisher: "quote missmolly: "quote GeoFisher: "quote missmolly: "This is what I get for not fishing for six years: I get an itch so bad that I fritter the winter concocting ever fuller fishing days. So, for the ninth day of my trip, I've mapped out ten lakes. I'll awake on one, fish seven in passing, which means I'll stop the car, go down to a lake, cast a dozen or so times, and roll on. I'll unload the canoe to fish a lake at mid-day and come evening, I'll unload again and fish another two. Considering I'll only be casting a dozen or so times in half a dozen lakes, I probably won't catch fish in everyone, but considering it's Canada, I'll have a chance. What's the most lakes you've ever fished in a day? " Why no fishing for 6 years? " I bought an unfinished house and have built five gardens too. " Ah, seems like I read that somewhere. My wife and I spent the last year doing a full remodel of our downstairs. We are in a bi-level and the downstairs had some water issues. * Totally replaced all the drain tile. * Waterproofed the outside * To the studs demo. * Took out a support wall, added 18ft lvl header * 6ft double pocket doors.....Oh hell yea. * New electrical panel * New wiring downstairs * Multimedia wiring, RG-6, Fiber, CAT-6. * New bamboo Flooring * New trim * Trey ceiling touched up with crown molding. * Lift pump in outside stairwell, with battery backup and warning system. New furniture up and downstairs. Man, just thinking about it makes me tired. BUT we love it....... Later, Geo" Holy-moly, Geo! You da couple!!!
MeatGun	04/02/2017 09:27AM   MissMolly, you have more discipline than me. I don't know if I could go to a new lake and only make 10 casts. Each one would call to me, tease me with secrets and the possibility of what lies beneath. Your trip sounds incredible. Enjoy!
Basspro69	04/04/2017 08:26PM   quote lundojam: "I never thought of that. Now I'll have to give it a shot. I used to go "road fishing" for spring panfish and hit those dirt road ma and pa spots in May. Usually just 3 or4 lakes though. BP, trout from shore is a good idea." Since they can be so shallow at that time of year, you can really do well from shore and then be on to the next lake in a hurry.
QueticoMike	04/04/2017 09:07AM   OK, good luck on your adventure!
bigeyedfish	04/04/2017 11:14AM   "Say, off topic, I had something nice happen to me. I'm a workaday writer, banging out copy to keep my house lighted, but I just sold an essay to a top tier magazine with a 99% rejection rate. What makes it especially sweet is that it's about me pappy, who turns 86 this summer, so he'll get to puff up like a tom turkey and flash his feathers." Way to go Miss Molly! I have never read your writings before but can tell from what you do here it would be very enjoyable! Way to make the pops happy!
scat	04/04/2017 01:49PM   Hooray for missmolly!
missmolly	04/04/2017 08:30PM   Thanks, guys. I dedicated a book to him and got him on the front page of the Minneapolis Star once, but I think the coming essay will be his favorite because it's about finding an abandoned fishing camp and how we felt about sitting there and reading the abandoned guest book. Good point, BP!
missmolly	03/26/2017 03:41PM   This is what I get for not fishing for six years: I get an itch so bad that I fritter the winter concocting ever fuller fishing days. So, for the ninth day of my trip, I've mapped out ten lakes. I'll awake on one, fish seven in passing, which means I'll stop the car, go down to a lake, cast a dozen or so times, and roll on. I'll unload the canoe to fish a lake at mid-day and come evening, I'll unload again and fish another two. Considering I'll only be casting a dozen or so times in half a dozen lakes, I probably won't catch fish in everyone, but considering it's Canada, I'll have a chance. What's the most lakes you've ever fished in a day?
missmolly	03/26/2017 05:43PM   quote Savage Voyageur: "Two or three at the most on a canoe trip. I've never done a road trip like you described. I like to learn the lake I'm fishing. It teaches me new things on the same lake. If I had time on the way out from a canoe trip I would like to try this. Trouble is I trip with between 6-8 guys and it's like hearding cats to get everyone on the same page. They all just want to go home after a trip. " I hear ya. I couldn't do it with most of my fishing buddies. They'd say, "No more stops!"
mutz	03/26/2017 06:15PM   After I've been seven days on a canoe trip, that means I have been gone for nine days and it still takes a day to get home, by then I miss my wife and I'm ready to be home no stops except food or gas. To me stopping any time to cast my line ten or twelve times at a half dozen different unknown lakes would be no fun at all. I fish to relax and catch fish, and for me that strategy would not work for either.
Savage Voyageur	03/26/2017 04:12PM   Two or three at the most on a canoe trip. I've never done a road trip like you described. I like to learn the lake I'm fishing. It teaches me new things on the same lake. If I had time on the way out from a canoe trip I would like to try this. Trouble is I trip with between 6-8 guys and it's like hearding cats to get everyone on the same page. They all just want to go home after a trip.
Basspro69	03/26/2017 06:00PM   9 in one day. In the fall I have a milk run of small trout lakes that can be fished effectively from shore and they are really close to each other. I dialed it back after that day and I only fish 3or4 in a day now to fish them a little more effectively.
missmolly	04/02/2017 02:33PM   quote MeatGun: "MissMolly, you have more discipline than me. I don't know if I could go to a new lake and only make 10 casts. Each one would call to me, tease me with secrets and the possibility of what lies beneath. Your trip sounds incredible. Enjoy! " I couldn't leave each lake if it weren't the siren song of the next lake and the lake beyond that. Say, off topic, I had something nice happen to me. I'm a workaday writer, banging out copy to keep my house lighted, but I just sold an essay to a top tier magazine with a 99% rejection rate. What makes it especially sweet is that it's about me pappy, who turns 86 this summer, so he'll get to puff up like a tom turkey and flash his feathers.
mvernelson	04/02/2017 03:12PM   Im heading up to South arm Knife from Moose may 22nd. Ive been obsessed with planning and packing already as I didn't know the bwca even existed. So excitement is an understatement! Good luck on your trip MM. Beautiful backyard as well!
QueticoMike	04/03/2017 11:22AM   So when does this adventure begin?
missmolly	04/03/2017 01:51PM   Early June, Mike. I'm not going to name a date until I have the extended weather forecast.
missmolly	03/28/2017 03:41PM   quote mutz: "After I've been seven days on a canoe trip, that means I have been gone for nine days and it still takes a day to get home, by then I miss my wife and I'm ready to be home no stops except food or gas. To me stopping any time to cast my line ten or twelve times at a half dozen different unknown lakes would be no fun at all. I fish to relax and catch fish, and for me that strategy would not work for either." I admit ten lakes is a larky, goofy thing to do, but such foolishness makes me laugh.
mastertangler	03/29/2017 05:21AM   Its all good Miss Molly. Planning and anticipation is a big part of any trip.
lundojam	03/29/2017 07:35AM   I never thought of that. Now I'll have to give it a shot. I used to go "road fishing" for spring panfish and hit those dirt road ma and pa spots in May. Usually just 3 or4 lakes though. BP, trout from shore is a good idea.
missmolly	03/29/2017 04:04PM   quote mastertangler: "Its all good Miss Molly. Planning and anticipation is a big part of any trip." Thank you, my cyber-friend!
shock	03/30/2017 01:34AM   quote missmolly: "quote mastertangler: "Its all good Miss Molly. Planning and anticipation is a big part of any trip." Thank you, my cyber-friend! " i'm going into the BW in may and i'm already on pins and needle's
shock	03/30/2017 01:34AM   quote missmolly: "quote mastertangler: "Its all good Miss Molly. Planning and anticipation is a big part of any trip." Thank you, my cyber-friend! " i'm going into the BW in may and i'm already on pins and needle's , but to answer the OP, in the BW 3 lakes .
missmolly	03/30/2017 04:34AM   quote shock: "quote missmolly: "quote mastertangler: "Its all good Miss Molly. Planning and anticipation is a big part of any trip." Thank you, my cyber-friend! " i'm going into the BW in may and i'm already on pins and needle's " Yeah, me too. Of course, I make my plans, but you know what they say about the best laid plans of mice and Mollies.