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QueticoMike

01/23/2020 03:40PM

How many days do you have scheduled for fishing in the Boundary Waters and/or Quetico in 2020 so far?

I can be followed on Instagram @queticomike

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Gadfly

01/23/2020 04:06PM

Three in March for lakers, 5+ this summer and 3+ for early ice next December.

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thegildedgopher

01/23/2020 04:18PM

2 in Feb/March for ice fishing, 5 in June for Gunflint trail, TBD Sept/Oct.

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CampSR

01/23/2020 06:12PM

8 in June as of right now...hopefully more :)

you cant get where you want to go if you never take the first step...

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yogi59weedr

01/23/2020 06:34PM

14 days mid june. I use a boat. Basswood when I can or Ely area lakes.
This year I'm planning on experimenting a little south with Dumbell Crescent and Silver Island to name a few.

I have a opportunity to stay at someone's house in ely and I might just quit my 1 day a week at the golf course. Stay up there for a couple months.. I'm not getting any younger ya know.

Ah retired @ 50

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Bearpath9

01/23/2020 07:14PM

4 in the middle of June, and hopefully 3 or 4 more in August.

Respect Mother Nature, because She has no respect for you

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Bulldogge62

01/23/2020 08:05PM

16 days in June

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moray

01/23/2020 08:24PM

I have a May trip scheduled for 7 and a September trip for 7. Sure wish I could put on trip in between those two!

Moray

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walllee

01/23/2020 08:38PM

21 days early July, 10 days late September

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Jackfish

Moderator

01/23/2020 10:55PM

Looks like it will be nine or ten over two trips.

"Keep close to Nature's heart, yourself; and break clear away, once in a while, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean." ~ John Muir

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pescador

01/24/2020 05:51AM

Twelve days in north Quetico. Entering the Park in May, 29th through French Lake.

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AmarilloJim

01/24/2020 08:24AM

21
14 day solo in Spring
7 day semi-base camp type trip with the wife in the Fall

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scotttimm

01/24/2020 09:35AM

7 in June, 14 in July. Best summer yet!

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blutofish1

01/24/2020 09:43AM

yogi59weedr: "14 days mid june. I use a boat. Basswood when I can or Ely area lakes.
This year I'm planning on experimenting a little south with Dumbell Crescent and Silver Island to name a few.

I have a opportunity to stay at someone's house in ely and I might just quit my 1 day a week at the golf course. Stay up there for a couple months.. I'm not getting any younger ya know.
Caught my first musky in dumbbell and did well on walleye. Hopefully a week next fall.

"

blutofish

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MarshallPrime

01/24/2020 10:17AM

8 days, 7 nights in June...cant wait...is it June yet?

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gymcoachdon

01/24/2020 12:42PM

14 days in Quetico starting June 7th. Will be my longest trip, and I am going solo.
I have always had a destination in mind, but this year I want to just start exploring Pickerel, and see where I end up.

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thegildedgopher

01/24/2020 01:09PM

I won't wish away the golden years of parenting, but when I see some of these 2-3 week solo trip plans I start to look forward to the eventual empty nest!

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VaderStrom

01/24/2020 01:34PM

5 in May with 3 first timers, hopefully to stay on Horse.

4 in June with 1 first timer, hopefully on Long Island.

?? in September, TBD.

(?? in April if hard water has fled)

"It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to." – Bilbo Baggins

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A1t2o

01/24/2020 01:40PM

7 days for the trip we are planning but the first and last days are less likely to be spent fishing. The first because we are bringing steak dinner for night one and dealing with the rods while portaging sucks. The last because we would be bringing those fish home and I mainly fish for dinner.

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moustachesteve

01/24/2020 02:28PM

Trying to schedule out the summer with my wife. Hoping to do a 5 day in June and another in September. Would like to do one on Gunflint side and the other Ely. All TBD for now. Unfortunately no Quetico for me this summer but going to Lac Seul in July!

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yellowhorse

01/25/2020 05:56AM

moustachesteve: "Trying to schedule out the summer with my wife. Hoping to do a 5 day in June and another in September. Would like to do one on Gunflint side and the other Ely. All TBD for now. Unfortunately no Quetico for me this summer but going to Lac Seul in July!"

Where are you staying @ Lac Seul? How many days?

Don't work forever.

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QueticoMike

01/25/2020 09:07AM

A1t2o: "7 days for the trip we are planning but the first and last days are less likely to be spent fishing. The first because we are bringing steak dinner for night one and dealing with the rods while portaging sucks. The last because we would be bringing those fish home and I mainly fish for dinner."

I almost never fish the first day on my Quetico trips, we spend the whole day getting to the top of Agnes or further. The last day is always spent paddling back to the border, never fish on the last day.

I can be followed on Instagram @queticomike

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bfurlow

01/25/2020 08:59PM

Nothing firm yet, still in the planning phases. i hope to have 3-4 in June, and 4-5 in August/September

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overthehill

01/25/2020 10:04PM

7 days. Hopefully 6 of fishing. Maybe a few days nearby too.

Not to Hurry-Not to Worry

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DeanL

01/25/2020 11:21PM

At this point I only have a quick 4 day trip to Insula planned. The last few times I was there the walleyes cooperated, hoping for the same this June.

"Leave it as it is.....The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it." Theodore Roosevelt

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x2jmorris

01/26/2020 08:37AM

Minimum of 3 trips a year. That being said I need to figure out when I am bringing the kids this time. Normal time is taken. 3 trips are probably late May, early August, Early October.

“Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson

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jillpine

01/27/2020 12:57AM

thegildedgopher: "I won't wish away the golden years of parenting, but when I see some of these 2-3 week solo trip plans I start to look forward to the eventual empty nest!"

Ha! I was all sad and mopey about "empty nest" last summer. Turns out I loved solo'ing.
Ironically, the juvenile eagles came back to the nest for awhile, and I have no lengthy solos planned (yet!) but at least three weeks of paddling trips planned between the two sons!

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PikeEatPike

01/27/2020 08:37AM

9 in June, 4 in July. If I was closer and my job wouldn't get in the way love to do a two week loop some where too, but only so much vacation.

Be Somebody Who Makes Everybody Feel Like a Somebody

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01/27/2020 11:01AM

4 for lakers in May, 9 for everything in June, and 4 for anything that'll bite in September. The Sept trip isn't specifically for fishing and the June trip is for sightseeing and fishing (equal importance), but the May trip is 100% a cold blooded laker hunt. Hoping for a 30 incher, dreaming of a 40.

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mgraber

01/27/2020 12:29PM

It looks like 28-30 days total over 3 trips.

So many fish,so little time

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moustachesteve

01/27/2020 02:15PM

yellowhorse: "
Where are you staying @ Lac Seul? How many days?
"

The plan was to stay at Anderson's Lodge between Little Vermilion and Abram lakes. Unfortunately this weekend I got some bad news and we won't be going this year...looking forward to July 6-10, 2021 now I guess. It might, however, open up more possibilities for an additionaly BWCA trip this summer.

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IndyCanoe

01/27/2020 02:19PM

At least 6 days in Early September and possibly another 6 in May for fishing opener.

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QueticoMike

01/28/2020 08:00AM

Do most of you fish every day? I don't fish too often on the first day due to trying to get as far as possible the first day and the last day we always just head for the border to get a tow back early.

I can be followed on Instagram @queticomike

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AmarilloJim

01/28/2020 08:09AM

I fish everyday unless the wind is real bad. But even then I usually wet a line somewhere. I troll a lot up there so it's pretty easy to travel and fish simultaneously.

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gymcoachdon

01/28/2020 11:12PM

I have always had a destination that hampered fishing on day 1, and usually day 2. This year I am going to start exploring/trolling on day 1, and see where I end up. The benefit of a longer trip this year!

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egknuti

01/29/2020 07:38AM

I have a 15 day solo trip planned in June. I'm not sure if I'll get any other overnight trips in this year. But, I have many day trips planned this spring, summer and fall.

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CrazyLoon

01/29/2020 09:29AM

This year has 7days and 6 nights on the book in mid May. Get to introduce a newbie to the northwoods for my paddling companion for my first BWCA trip. Always gone to the "Q" prior.

“...only when one comes to listen, only when one is aware and still, can things be seen and heard.” ? Sigurd F. Olson, Listening Point

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marc24

01/29/2020 09:31AM

12 days in June in Quetico, just me and my dad this year. Is it June yet?

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Bumstead

01/29/2020 10:00AM

5 day in the BW early June. Officially permitted this morning. Let the planning begin.

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GopherAdventure

01/29/2020 10:19PM

5-6 days in May for a hiking/canoeing hybrid trip with my wife. Then 5 days in June with my dad and my two oldest kids, then 3 days in July with my wife and all three kids. Then a week long solo in September doing the border Route/voyageurs Highway.

Tony

Tony

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Abbey

01/31/2020 07:48PM

thegildedgopher: "I won't wish away the golden years of parenting, but when I see some of these 2-3 week solo trip plans I start to look forward to the eventual empty nest!"

Same thing that I was thinking. We have five days planned in mid-August on Clearwater/Caribou. The 8yo and 6yo will be hunting for smallies.

Hoping for a bonus October trip, but that isn’t booked yet.

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QueticoMike

02/01/2020 10:14AM

Sounds like you people have a lot of great fishing trips planned! Can't wait to get back up there! Good luck this year! If I can help in anyway, just drop me an email at queticomike@yahoo.com

I can be followed on Instagram @queticomike

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Frenchy

02/11/2020 05:46AM

8 days in June. Sure would like to add a few later in the summer.

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Bearpath9

02/11/2020 06:08AM

QueticoMike: "Do most of you fish every day? I don't fish too often on the first day due to trying to get as far as possible the first day and the last day we always just head for the border to get a tow back early."

Once we set up camp, we usually fish. On the water, or if the weather doesn't cooperate, from the shore. I think my grandson would rather fish than eat sometimes.

Respect Mother Nature, because She has no respect for you

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LittoralZone

02/13/2020 08:23PM

Not written in stone yet, no permit reserved, I'm able to be flexible on my dates and when I finally decide it will be 14 days in the Q. Going back to an area I know very well, and I'll add some new lakes.

“A republic, madam – if you can keep it.” - Benjamin Franklin

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momike

02/13/2020 09:54PM

The boss (wife) is limiting us to 10 days first week of June leaving from EP 16
. I won't hold it against her since we just got back from snowmobiling in Yellowstone Park.

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OldTripper

02/14/2020 11:01AM

Just one solo trip, 7 days.

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AirPrex

02/14/2020 11:24AM

An 8-9 day trip in mid June on the books. Am buying a NW17 this spring so might use that as an excuse to try and get another long weekend up there later in the summer.

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