Plan this year is 12 days leaving Snowbank june 10th ish and going up Disappointment , Irma , Fraser, Kek , down Knife and Vera. Then meet a shuttle on the Boot portage. If you love fishing is this to much paddling and not enough fishing ? My dog and i have many trips under our belts but this route would be a few more portages than our last few trips. There are some pretty great fishing lakes on this route that i have to see.

no, to your question. troll the lake trout lakes, work the shorelines. in 12 days, i think you will be just fine, enjoy.

What I tend to do is just travel on travel days. Reels are packed and rods secured in canoe. Travel all day to a lake you really want to fish then set up and layover. The next day is your day to fish. Rinse and repeat.

I like this concept because setting up and tearing down camp takes a lot of energy and effort. I'd rather put in a 8 or 10 hour paddling day with built in layovers vs. paddling 4-5 hours and setting up every day.

I will have days that the main goal is to cover ground but I always have a casting rod handy just in case. There are a few lakes that I wrote off because the fishing was slow in prior trips but did very well in later trips. This could be to recent weather conditions, water depth, time of year, etc. I also troll a lot on travel days.

I think the reason I don't fish on travel days is because #1 it really slows you down. #2 there's more clutter. The rod has a reel on it, tackle bag/box is out... It makes it that much more difficult at the portages.

It all comes down to personal preference. I know my brother and his kids hate not having a line in the water when traveling. They are fishing fanatics. I'm more of a "watch the scenery and look for animals" guy when moving. Once set up at a site then it's time to get serious about fishing.

That's more than adequate time for that route. You can layover 6 or seven days with that amount of time. Plus the days are very long that time of year.

I am with Tom on this one - on travel days, I travel - that is all. I usually have a plan - travel days are for making progress and rubber necking - then base camp at a place I really want to explore. Here I day trip to other lakes, shore lunch, explore the timber, camp sites, climb rock outcropping etc. I try to eat an earlier supper and a later breakfast so I can fish prime times also.

Base camp days = fish explore rest days. Travel days = travel only. This works best for me and my dog Jake.

Bob.

This would be too little travel too much fish time for me.

I'm with Tom for the most part. On days where I move and have big lakes or long paddles between short and/or few portages I will troll while moving. Typically on these days I have a small tackle box in my life jacket and quick straps for the rods and paddles. Not too much hassle if not a lot of portages. When you paddle and 8-10 hour day without fishing you can paddle through many great looking lakes. Sometimes that can be more tormenting than the extra work at portages.