Hi, all - taking a group of Boy Scouts on their first BWCA trip next week - going in at EP62 and doing the Clearwater>Pike>Pine>Caribou loop. Hoping to get some walleye/smallie fishing in on Pine (our route is planned to spend a couple days there so we can day trip to Johnson Falls, etc.).

Getting the travel tackle box ready, and I've loaded up on some bright colored Shad Raps, Jig and Leech rigs, some Mepps spinners, and a few other tried and true baits.

Any suggestions as to what I should make sure to pick up on the way/make sure I have in the tackle box? I wasn't planning on bringing live bait, but I could certainly arrange to do so. Otherwise - colors/recommendations gratefully accepted - hoping to catch enough to treat the boys to a fish supper some night!

Thanks in advance!

Pine has nice walleye, if you hit it right. Evening is best, just as it gets dark. Live bait (leeches) are effective. Water is very clear so you need to go down a bit for them: try fishing 15-25 feet deep. Either slow troll or slip bobber. Watch the wind on that lake!

The smallmouth was nonstop action for us where Johnson’s falls dumps into Pine, didn’t matter what you used for lure/live bait.

HawgHunter: "Pine has nice walleye, if you hit it right. Evening is best, just as it gets dark. Live bait (leeches) are effective. Water is very clear so you need to go down a bit for them: try fishing 15-25 feet deep. Either slow troll or slip bobber. Watch the wind on that lake!"

This time of year; secondary breaks- 15-40' FOW on windward (blowing in areas). Any mid lake reefs also- though Pine is limited to those. This can be mitigated ( windwise) in a canoe in low light periods when most times (minus frontal/ major pressure changes) the wind is usually not blowing as strong as it is during daylight - hence early morning or after dusk.

Red hook ( + leech or other live bait) fished under slip float or the TGO method is an excellent choice.

Just returned from a week at a VRBO on Mcfarland Lake (Pine flows into Mcfarland). Worked hard on Mcfarland ( via Boat) for nearly a week finding eyes with side/down imaging - and not catching them until the last few nights. - Pine was the same outta of a canoe and within a mile of the Pine/Mcfarland inflow/outflow. I cannont emphasize enough fishing the golden 45 minutes or so either side of dusk/dawn. It can make all the difference on the more clear lakes.