Boundary Waters Quetico Forum :: Trip Planning Forum :: EP 62- Caribou or Little Caribou?
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bposteve |
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dew042 |
quote bposteve: "If the furthest East site on Caribou is open I'd take that one, but you can always just have one person from your group run across the portage to see if site on Little Caribou is open. That way you don't have to lug all your stuff across just to turn around again." That site is nice for evening sun, a bit starved for morning sun as it faces west. Has a neat stepped rocks on a raised face. I think the Little Caribou site is over rated and traffic ends up being really close since its such a small lake. A view from that Caribou campsite: |
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AmarilloJim |
Have caught many walleye off the western point. The eastern point had a rock pile off of it with deep water adjacent. There are rapids that enter this part of the lake on the southern shore. Centered between the western point and the western most camp site there is a submerged rock pile. The eastern basin is shallow and has a lot of weed growth. At this time of year this will be the warmest part of the lake and the weeds shouldn't be to thick. |
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cowdoc |
We did catch some walleyes off the campsite and I have before by trolling the eastern basin. Beautiful portage over to Pine. Don't paddle to the Pine/Canoe portage to go to Johnson Falls. Instead, paddle up into the little, far west bay, beach the canoes and pick the trail up right there. The trail splits way far back from the falls. Trail along the creek goes to lower falls, left trail bypasses lower falls and goes to upper falls. You can go to lower falls and then do a minor cliff climb to access upper trail. Also another spur off left of upper trail that goes way up to top of upper falls. |
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tcoeguy |
Also, can anyone provide help finding the walleyes on either lake? Any tips would be greatly appreciated!! |
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lindylair |
Caribou is a nice lake and there are several nice sites. As you get to the east end there is a site with a little island in front of it, not on all maps. It is a great site with a lakefront living room and tent sites back in the trees. Good views of both sunset and sunrise. We had great fishing there but it was all smallies. Because the smallies were so good we didn't really try for eyes but they are reportedly there. Johnson Falls is an easy day trip from there and well worth it. In early June the water could still be chilly but the lower falls has a great swimming hole and you absolutely have to jump in!! There is a trail to the upper falls that you wouldn't even know was there if you hadn't read about it. The upper falls is even more interesting. Here is our trip report with some pics of Caribou Lake, the campsite and Johnson Falls: Caribou Lake and Johnson Falls |