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MikeinMpls	07/30/2018 12:45PM   Little Shell. Caught scads of smallies off the western wall/shoreline. Mike
mooseplums	07/30/2018 01:07PM   Throw a dart at a map of the BWCA... bingo.
MN_Lindsey	07/30/2018 07:29PM   I don't know what your definition of easy is, but we slayed Crab Lake w/the Smallies. Almost every cast. Darnit, shouldn't have spilled the beans. (The 420 rod portage kind of deters people, but my 9 year old at the time did it just fine).
	07/31/2018 07:58AM   Thanks for the suggestions. I’ll share this info with the group and we’ll pick one. Thanks again!
mmarksnp	08/01/2018 10:44AM   Just to be clear, we ate them all. Group of Scouts. No fertilizer here.
mgraber	08/01/2018 12:11PM   I believe Amarillo Jim was probably stating that bass are only good for fertilizer. There is a lot of prejudice against smallmouth around here although much is probably tongue in cheek.
JeffG	07/29/2018 06:45PM   I am planning a trip to the bwca the 3rd week of Sept. We will be going out of Ely and I'm looking for suggestions on a good smallmouth lake that is easy to get to. My back has been acting up and we can't go to a couple places we would like to. Any info is much appreciated!
heavycanoe	07/30/2018 10:41AM   Couple of years back, we caught a ton of smallies in East Pike. That is only one portage in, but 200 rods. I don't remember it being that long, so must be an easy portage.
mooseplums	07/30/2018 01:07PM   heavycanoe: "couple of years back we caught a ton of Smallies in East Pike. That is only 1 portage in, but 200 rods, I don't remember it being that long, so must be an easy portage." That would be West Pike....1 portage from Clearwater Lake
heavycanoe	07/30/2018 01:42PM   We came in from John lake
murphylakejim	07/30/2018 06:18AM   Throw a stone and you will hit a good small mouth lake. Just go into basswood anywhere.
mmarksnp	08/01/2018 10:17AM   Indiana for sure. Portage in from the east as it is easy and short. The portage in from the west is hard.
egknuti	08/01/2018 08:39AM   Crab, Cummings and Coxey Pond are all good bass lakes.
AmarilloJim	08/01/2018 10:26AM   mmarksnp: "Indiana for sure. Portage in from the east as it is easy and short. The portage in from the west is hard. " That's a good batch of fertilizer there!
mmarksnp	08/01/2018 12:23PM   Ahh, I get it. Just have to know how to prepare them properly. :-)