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01/11/2021 11:10AM  
New Trip Report posted by BonzSF

Trip Name: Camping Cousins.

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JWilder
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01/11/2021 12:19PM  
Lesson #8) Go through every piece of gear while at home. This includes setting up your tent and making sure all pieces are present and accounted for. This includes the tent...

#9) Don't throw boulders at the fire grate, or anywhere in camp.

I'm glad to hear no one was injured during your trip and the water was theoretically warmer being it was August. Dumping in the shoulder season is bad for everyone involved.

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Northwoodsman
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01/11/2021 12:38PM  
I gotta ask... did you guys watch the video's that are required before entry. Particularly the one that educates you on Leave No Trace? I'm glad that nobody got hurt and that you had a good time but throwing firewood damages plants and seedlings, throwing rocks at the fire grate can break the grate itself or cause personal injury (and puncture fuel cans), sounds like a lot of fish swimming around with lures in their mouth, not to mention tackle and electronics at the bottom of the lake. Did the outfitter forget to pack the tent body or was it one that your group brought along? That would have sucked during bug season. What happened to the fuel from the punctured can? I'm not trying to be the BWCA police but if every group, even half of them, had an experience like this the BWCA won't be around for long. I hope that you are able to go again and that it goes better than this trip did. Great photos!
01/11/2021 07:32PM  
Yes
It seemed that piling rocks around fire grates was a common thing.
I will collect wood away from camp since reading this site. I'm learning
Outfitter packed a wrong tent bag.
Hardly any fuel spilled. probably less than is spilled refilling a camp stove. Some one was there and immediately set the can on it's side. We transferred most of the fuel into empty boda bags. Then patched the can with white waterproof medical adhesive tape for the very little left in the can. Then transported it carefully to the next site where it was used up. I know a very little petroleum product can pollute a vast amount of water. Not my finest time though.
MichiganMan
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01/11/2021 08:33PM  
Good report, thanks for posting. Got a few chuckles out of it!
straighthairedcurly
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01/11/2021 09:43PM  
Who would have anticipated that can puncture?! Crazy. Good laugh from the flipped canoe...great description. I enjoyed your trip report and all the beautiful pictures...is summer here yet?
OldTripper
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01/12/2021 08:05PM  
You took some nice pictures.
Thanks for posting.
01/24/2021 01:28PM  
Thanks. I was primarily there for relaxation and getting some good pictures. Catching fish would have been a bonus. Next trip I WANT to catch fish too. So what's the secret to fishing in late august? A quick answer would do as I am mostly used to rivers and creeks with the various trout species here in the West. Also what are the opportunities for smaller species trout waters in the BW?

02/04/2021 10:43AM  
BonzSF: "Thanks. I was primarily there for relaxation and getting some good pictures. Catching fish would have been a bonus. Next trip I WANT to catch fish too. So what's the secret to fishing in late august? A quick answer would do as I am mostly used to rivers and creeks with the various trout species here in the West. Also what are the opportunities for smaller species trout waters in the BW?


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Thanks for posting your first trip report.

I have flipped a canoe before. Thankfully, it was a day trip and the only thing I didn't recover was a water bottle.

On the fishing. I have caught small mouth bass using a slip bobber and leeches in August. August fishing has a reputation for driving the lake trout and walleye to deep waters.

Be on the look out for moving water where one lake empties into another. This can be a productive spot to fish.

As far as trout goes the standard advice is to check the MDNR lake finder and see what lakes have trout in them. I have read that in some lakes, brook and even rainbow trout are stocked. I haven't caught either in the bwca. If you are using an outfitter they could probably provide some advice.
 
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