Boundary Waters Quetico Forum :: Trip Planning Forum :: Weekend trip (son's first) - Advice please!
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walleyevision |
Wallee, I've been to Big Moose twice and am considering it, but we've been windbound before on that lake and am a little worried about that happening again as my son wouldn't be overly helpful in the bow. |
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JackStraw |
My first trip with just the two of us was Wood Lake. Lazily took the first campsite on the left. It was great, when the wind blew toward camp we even caught walleye from shore. Daytripped through Hula, Good, Good Creek into Basswood to see old logging remains and add some fishing adventures. Little Gabbro to Gabbro was next. Great fishing. Didn't paddle up the fast water out Little Gabbro with him. The entry portage felt similar to Wood, maybe a bit harder. Fall Lake (drop in entry point) then portage to Ella Hall. If you happen to have portage wheels, this is an easy one and they are allowed on the portage to Ella Hall. It is just an easy flat walk down a railroad bed. (It is long enough that I wish we had wheels.) Caught LM and SM bass depending on the substrate as we drifted across the NW corner. Caught Northern Pike here and there. Visited Ella's grave site on the small island. 2 decent campsites, 1 OK and 1 bad there. South Kawishiwi River: Entry Portage similar to Little Gabbro but maybe a bit rockier. Barely any current, beautiful place. Caught bass and even crappie. |
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walllee |
walleyevision: "Thanks for the ideas guys. They'll give me something to research. Indeed, I had two days of wind so bad I couldn’t even leave camp. The weird thing is it blew just as hard at night as it blew in the daytime. Haven’t experienced anything like that since. |
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Sparetime |
Drove up, slept in a parking lot overnight and got our permit in the morning and went and had some fun. |
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walleyevision |
I'd love to be able to go to a lake that wouldn't require a ton of portaging (as I'll be doing most all of it), and has good fishing. I'd like to maximize our time to fish as my son is bonkers about it. Being as the trip would have two travel days and only one full day in the BW, we would only be looking to camp at one site. So all that said, does anyone have any suggestions on an EP or lake? I'd really appreciate any help you can offer. Thanks! |
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greywolf33 |
If you feel adventurous, park your canoe off to the side of the Canoe to Pine Lake portage trail and walk to Johnson Falls. This is an easy trip with little portaging, good fishing and great scenery. |
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QueticoMike |
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lindylair |
Great seclusion, great fishing, good chances for wildlife sightings and you can be in camp a few hours from the car. It has quite a reputation for walleye fishing. if you have any interest, you would need to book entry point 66 permit, not EP 64. Here is a report from my trip several years ago: Crocodile Lake |
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HighnDry |
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walllee |
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