Boundary Waters Quetico Forum :: Trip Reports :: Trip Report - Crab/Cummings with Rookies
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TomT |
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gbusk |
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paddlefamily |
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SunCatcher |
Great Photo's By the way 50 AINT OLD!! It the beginning of the second half. SunCatcher |
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OldGreyGoose |
Thanks for a great report (as usual)! Great to see the young athletic guys taking to the wild so well! Nice pics, but too few fungi. =] --Goose |
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Red Beard |
The first picture is from the up-stream side of the long portage. The one closest to Crab Lake. There seemed to be two landings at this location. The first one we came too, at the top of the falls, was very over grown and mucky when we were there. The lilly pads were so thick you could almost walk on them. The one in the picture was about twenty or so yards up stream. If you look behind the boat you can see the main channel of the creek. Even here one of us had to paddle out to that main channel and wait for the other to load and launch. Our entry date was 8/14. Funny how fast thing can change up there. Did you notice any pink marking tape tied to shrubs at the landings? Coming the other way from the lake you could see them easily at both landings. We were thinking it must be a popular area for hunting moose. BTW, I agree, that half fallen tree on the portage was a pain in the ars. |
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Ho Ho |
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Ho Ho |
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BasecampMom |
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GraniteCliffs |
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AndySG |
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TuscaroraBorealis |
It looked like you had a really nice site on Cummings. TB |
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Spartan2 |
A great report with wonderful photos, as always. Enjoyed your adventure with the teenagers, and it sounds like you gave them a great introduction to canoe-tripping. |
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Bannock |
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Ho Ho |
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Krusty555 |
Boppa, We took Crab Creek into Crab Lake on that trip. It seems to me that there were at least eight beaver dams or liftovers of some kind plus that portage. It felt really isolated but the going was slow. The water level may not have been as high as Ho Ho's trip and our heavily loaded MNIII dragged on those submerged logs at the lake end. I'd say that, if you found a good, gushing flow of water out of Crab Creek at Burntside (and you were traveling light), you would have good paddling, but again, it will be slower and no less work than the portage. Krusty |
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SevenofNine |
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Bushwacker |
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lars54 |
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fishguts |
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Ho Ho |
Bushwhacker - sorry about the fishing! This is actually the first trip we've taken fishing rods on because they guys said they were interested, and Mike Josiah and I all had licenses. But then they weren't interested when we were actually on the trip. You may see some fishing on my trips in future years though. But I've got a lot of learning to do before I'm any good at it! |
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wawasee |
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Bushwacker |
quote Ho Ho: "Thanks, everyone, glad you enjoyed! It was a fun trip. You certainly did nothing wrong Ho Ho. "Different strokes" as the saying goes. I'm just a fishing fanatic. The current MN state record for Bluegills is 2 lbs 13 oz and when I read about your potential state record fish I started to hallucinate ;) |
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alpine525 |
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Red Beard |
Some photos. |
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Boppa |
Great trip report as expected, enjoyed seeing some familiar areas. You may have convinced us to consider the Crab River on the way out next time, if I can squat down enough for that leaning tree,LOL. Thanks for the superb pictures as well, looks like all had a great time. Boppa |
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Boppa |
When we went into Crab Lake in 2007 our outfitter told us that due to low water levels to avoid Crab Creek as the difficulty is raised considerably. We did, and paddled across Burntside from the public boat docks, both in and out. From your trip would you consider the water levels to be a big factor? From your experience is Crab Creek doable both in and out? Or is it a better exit? Boppa It is good to see the sign hanging in there, this picture is from 2007. |
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Boppa |
HoHo, In reading your response, I am sure taking the creek out only, is more prudent if water level is low. Krusty555, If that many beaver dams are their, then I agree with you and HoHo, it is best to be on the high water side of the dams. Just trying to avoid the first 1/3 of that portage on the way in, oh well. Thanks both of you for the input and observations. Boppa |
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Ho Ho |
Trip Name: Crab/Cummings with Rookies. Entry Point: 4 Click Here to View Trip Report |
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Bumstead |
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