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02/12/2021 12:51PM  
From memory...

Walleye - 25.5 (Late May, LLC on a salted minnow)
Smallmouth - 22.75 (June, Crooked, orange rubber worm)
Largemouth - 14 (Sept, Quadga, ????)
Northern - 30 (October, Long Island, 5 of diamonds)
Lake trout - 24 (Sept, Knife Lake, red and gold vibrax spinner)
Brook Trout - 16 (Ya right)

And just for fun
White Sucker - 22 (May, Island River, Salted minnow) That thing was a pig and just ugly!

 
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CityFisher74
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02/12/2021 01:09PM  
Didn't start measuring fish until my last 8ish trips, so these are my recorded bests:

Walleye - 27", Black Jig and Leech, Lake Wishuknew
SMB - 19", Leech on slip bobber, Lake Wishuknew
Blue Gill - 11", Leech on slip bobber, Lake Wishuknew
Crappie - 13", Orange jig and leech, Lake Wishuknew
 
02/12/2021 01:44PM  
CityFisher74: "Didn't start measuring fish until my last 8ish trips, so these are my recorded bests:


Walleye - 27", Black Jig and Leech, Lake Wishuknew
SMB - 19", Leech on slip bobber, Lake Wishuknew
Blue Gill - 11", Leech on slip bobber, Lake Wishuknew
Crappie - 13", Orange jig and leech, Lake Wishuknew"


Ha - I know that lake! It's just a short portage from my favorite brookie lake, "YaRight"
 
outsidethebox
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02/12/2021 02:12PM  
I've only fished about 10 hours in the BWCA-in my life...mid-September 2020. During those 10 hours I caught around twenty of these 15 to 19 inch brook trout. The most memorable 10 hours of fishing in my 68 years on this planet. Here, my brother and I are still abuzz.

 
02/12/2021 02:45PM  
outsidethebox: "I've only fished about 10 hours in the BWCA-in my life...mid-September 2020. During those 10 hours I caught around twenty of these 15 to 19 inch brook trout. The most memorable 10 hours of fishing in my 68 years on this planet. Here, my brother and I are still abuzz.


"


That set the bar pretty high for future trips to the BW.
 
outsidethebox
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02/12/2021 04:46PM  
Speckled: "
outsidethebox: "I've only fished about 10 hours in the BWCA-in my life...mid-September 2020. During those 10 hours I caught around twenty of these 15 to 19 inch brook trout. The most memorable 10 hours of fishing in my 68 years on this planet. Here, my brother and I are still abuzz.



"



That set the bar pretty high for future trips to the BW. "


We can likely, at least, duplicate this. We know how to fish. There was nobody else fishing this gem and the path to it was "The Road Not Taken".

I would like to go after lakers soon after ice-out...and find a nice walleye hole too.
 
ForestDuff
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02/12/2021 09:17PM  






20" Brookie
You should have been there Speckled. *wink*
(15 yrs ago already......cripes)
 
02/12/2021 10:07PM  
Duff: "







20" Brookie
You should have been there Speckled. *wink*
(15 yrs ago already......cripes)"


Absolutely beautiful fish! Sent you an e-mail.
 
02/13/2021 06:41PM  
26 " walleye
11.5 lb. northern
20 " 5 lb. small mouth
6.5 lb. Laker
6" rock bass
5" bluegill
6" perch
10" whitefish
4" crawdad
numerous rocks & trees too long for my tape & too heavy for my scale!
 
thegildedgopher
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02/13/2021 07:51PM  
I get a kick outta the secrecy when you’re literally going out of your way to talk about your fish and volunteering info. It’s not like someone has you backed into a corner trying to find your secret spot guys. The brookie lakes ain’t always easy to get to, but the list of lakes is literally public record and easily found.

I would rather catch native lake trout than dumb-as-rocks stocked specks but that’s just me.
 
lundojam
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02/14/2021 09:12AM  
32" laker
27" walleye
20" smallie
17" brookie
 
Abbey
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02/14/2021 10:15AM  
39” pike
25” walleye
19” SMB
25” laker
Caught, but not worth measuring: perch, sunfish, rock bass, crappie.
Still haven’t pulled off an October brookie trip.

Coincidentally, these four BWCA PBs are also my overall PBs. Have many walleyes close to that outside BWCA, but the other three aren’t even close outside BWCA. There’s no place I like fishing more than wilderness canoeing.
 
taoeatoat
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02/14/2021 10:17AM  
from memory and approximation

yes a 50 in northern from Saganaga

a welcome way of a little luck brought me a 3 and 3/4 pound coaster brookie

can't remember how big my lake trout was

several nice walleyes, but nothing over 30 in

everyone has caught a good smallmouth bass,right?!!

 
KarlBAndersen1
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02/14/2021 11:14AM  
I had a 43" northern two years ago on SAK.
Yellow Cyclops.
I have the 8 minute video.
 
BWfishingfanatic12
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02/14/2021 06:11PM  
Walleye: 28.5" (Jig and paddletail, orange and chartreuse)
Smallmouth bass: 21.5" (Slip bobber and leech)
Northern Pike: 39 " (Trolling rapala)
Lake Trout: 26" (white kastmaster spoon)
Whitefish: 23" (3 way rapala rig)
Brook Trout: 17" (gold vibrax spinner)
Largemouth bass: 19" (Wacky worm, green pumpkin)
Crappie: 14" (Slip bobber leech)
Yellow Perch: 13" (lindy rig with floating jig head)
 
missmolly
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02/14/2021 06:42PM  
BWfishingfanatic12: "Walleye: 28.5" (Jig and paddletail, orange and chartreuse)
Smallmouth bass: 21.5" (Slip bobber and leech)
Northern Pike: 39 " (Trolling rapala)
Lake Trout: 26" (white kastmaster spoon)
Whitefish: 23" (3 way rapala rig)
Brook Trout: 17" (gold vibrax spinner)
Largemouth bass: 19" (Wacky worm, green pumpkin)
Crappie: 14" (Slip bobber leech)
Yellow Perch: 13" (lindy rig with floating jig head)
"


Your memory amazes me. I'm also impressed by the range in how you catch fish.
 
cburton103
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02/14/2021 07:55PM  
These were all in Quetico, but I’ll play!

SMB: 20.5”, Kawnipi on a 30+ year old black chugbug from my deceased grandfather’s tackle box. I kept a leader on the lure just in case!

Walleye: 28”, Conmee on a blue and silver shad rap 9. My wife’s first BW fish was a 27” walleye at the outflow of Silver Falls on a slimer and jig head. Crazy!

Pike: 32”, Robinson trolling a deep down husky jerk in perch glass (this is my only personal best that I should really work hard at improving)

Laker: 25” (that’s an estimate, didn’t get a tape on it) on a smaller laker lake in SW Quetico. Purpledescent taildancer 11

Whitefish: 22”, Saganagons NE arm on a white 3” grub with a pink jig. Caught two nearly identical whitefish back to back. Those are the only two I’ve ever caught inside or outside the boundary waters
 
mgraber
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02/14/2021 08:20PM  
21.5" Smallmouth
32" Laker
38" Northern (but you should have seen the one that got away :)
27.5" Walleye
19" Largemouth
18" Sauger
Have caught Yellow perch, Bluegill, Crappie, and Rock Bass, but none of any size.
 
missmolly
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02/14/2021 08:33PM  
On Crown Land near Quetico:

43" pike

47" musky

No clue about lakers because I've never measured one

25" walleye: Sad, huh? I have caught a lot of them around this size.

19" smallmouth: I just can't catch a bass much bigger than this.
 
missmolly
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02/15/2021 07:39AM  
CityFisher74: "Didn't start measuring fish until my last 8ish trips, so these are my recorded bests:


Walleye - 27", Black Jig and Leech, Lake Wishuknew
SMB - 19", Leech on slip bobber, Lake Wishuknew
Blue Gill - 11", Leech on slip bobber, Lake Wishuknew
Crappie - 13", Orange jig and leech, Lake Wishuknew"


Lake Wishuknew is a helluva lake. Where is it?
 
CRL
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02/15/2021 09:30AM  
missmolly: "
CityFisher74: "Didn't start measuring fish until my last 8ish trips, so these are my recorded bests:



Walleye - 27", Black Jig and Leech, Lake Wishuknew
SMB - 19", Leech on slip bobber, Lake Wishuknew
Blue Gill - 11", Leech on slip bobber, Lake Wishuknew
Crappie - 13", Orange jig and leech, Lake Wishuknew"



Lake Wishuknew is a helluva lake. Where is it?"

Small, bog-stained lake in the center of Notachance PMA...
 
missmolly
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02/15/2021 11:26AM  
CRL: "
missmolly: "
CityFisher74: "Didn't start measuring fish until my last 8ish trips, so these are my recorded bests:



Walleye - 27", Black Jig and Leech, Lake Wishuknew
SMB - 19", Leech on slip bobber, Lake Wishuknew
Blue Gill - 11", Leech on slip bobber, Lake Wishuknew
Crappie - 13", Orange jig and leech, Lake Wishuknew"




Lake Wishuknew is a helluva lake. Where is it?"

Small, bog-stained lake in the center of Notachance PMA..."


Got it. Greatly appreciated.
 
passthepitonspete
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03/21/2021 10:41PM  
outsidethebox: "I've only fished about 10 hours in the BWCA-in my life...mid-September 2020. During those 10 hours I caught around twenty of these 15 to 19 inch brook trout. The most memorable 10 hours of fishing in my 68 years on this planet. Here, my brother and I are still abuzz."


Holy frig! 10 hours you'll never forget!! Dang.

My record speck is 20 7/8" x 3 3/4 lb out of Algonquin in the late 80s I'd guess. But we caught a whack of fat 19- to 19-and-a-half inchers x three-and-a-half-plus pounders the last couple years at our Secret Lake in Ontario, amazingly not Algonquin. There are no specks in Quetico.

As for Quetico lakers, nothing to write home about. Maybe 6 lb?

I've caught a few nice "northerns" as you call 'em in Quetico. Best was about 24 lbs x 46" - while fishing for pickerel on a 1/8 oz jig and 6-lb test line, no less. I played that fish so long, and then it came alongside the canoe, and let go of the jig. My buddy reached into the water, bare-handed, and pulled that chunkster out. Absolutely amazing!

Best pickerel* was this past July - 30" x 10 lb 3 oz. Quite a surprise, that. On our 23-day trip.

I still seek my elusive 5-lb smallie. Have got them up to 4 lb and 20" I guess. Maybe this summer? Debbie and I are heading into Quetico again this summer. 23 days was nice in 2020, so we thought we'll double it this summer! Imagine Quetico, virtually deserted for the second year running....

cburton103: "These were all in Quetico, but I’ll play!

SMB: 20.5”, Kawnipi on a 30+ year old black chugbug from my deceased grandfather’s tackle box. I kept a leader on the lure just in case!"


Damn straight you kept that leader on! Bwah-ha-ha-ha-ha!!

*That's, like, a walleye, eh? But yous knew that...

 
Basspro69
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03/22/2021 01:16AM  
Duff: "







20" Brookie
You should have been there Speckled. *wink*
(15 yrs ago already......cripes)"
Awesome Brookie
 
missmolly
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03/22/2021 11:07AM  
passthepitonspete: "
outsidethebox: "I've only fished about 10 hours in the BWCA-in my life...mid-September 2020. During those 10 hours I caught around twenty of these 15 to 19 inch brook trout. The most memorable 10 hours of fishing in my 68 years on this planet. Here, my brother and I are still abuzz."



Holy frig! 10 hours you'll never forget!! Dang.


My record speck is 20 7/8" x 3 3/4 lb out of Algonquin in the late 80s I'd guess. But we caught a whack of fat 19- to 19-and-a-half inchers x three-and-a-half-plus pounders the last couple years at our Secret Lake in Ontario, amazingly not Algonquin. There are no specks in Quetico.


As for Quetico lakers, nothing to write home about. Maybe 6 lb?


I've caught a few nice "northerns" as you call 'em in Quetico. Best was about 24 lbs x 46" - while fishing for pickerel on a 1/8 oz jig and 6-lb test line, no less. I played that fish so long, and then it came alongside the canoe, and let go of the jig. My buddy reached into the water, bare-handed, and pulled that chunkster out. Absolutely amazing!


Best pickerel* was this past July - 30" x 10 lb 3 oz. Quite a surprise, that. On our 23-day trip.


I still seek my elusive 5-lb smallie. Have got them up to 4 lb and 20" I guess. Maybe this summer? Debbie and I are heading into Quetico again this summer. 23 days was nice in 2020, so we thought we'll double it this summer! Imagine Quetico, virtually deserted for the second year running....


cburton103: "These were all in Quetico, but I’ll play!


SMB: 20.5”, Kawnipi on a 30+ year old black chugbug from my deceased grandfather’s tackle box. I kept a leader on the lure just in case!"



Damn straight you kept that leader on! Bwah-ha-ha-ha-ha!!


*That's, like, a walleye, eh? But yous knew that...


"


A nearly deserted Quetico? You lucky duck!

46" is a long pike.
 
03/22/2021 02:51PM  
Walleye: 2 right at 30" Basswood and Brent (#9 silver/black taildancer and silver/black minnow rap both 4 inches long)
Largemouth 20" Basswood (5 inch white Zulu minnow on a drop shot rig)
Northern Pike 42" Wicksteed (red eye wiggler spoon)
Smallmouth 22" Gardner Bay (#9 silver/black taildancer)
Lake Trout 36" (silver black dt rap)

Favorite fish to catch:
The Northern on Wicksteed, was out getting water and casting for the heck of it--complete surprise. The Thickness of this Pike was Leech lake strain musky like. I've caught a lot of 38-39" Northerns and even though he was just a few inches longer it seemed like a foot with it's girth. Just an impressive fish. Plus we had a conversation about letting him go and he didn't take my hand with him :)
20" Small mouth my 7 year old son caught on his first trip. Just the joy of hearing a kid catch a fish is so much better than when I catch one.
40" inch Laker my Dad caught on his first trip. My Dad acted like an expert on trout for years after that---just ask him...
26 inch Lake trout my wifes' first Laker ever. She did everything wrong. When the fish pulled hard she got scared and opened the bail, then reeled backwards until the handle fell off her reel---luckily fell into the canoe---then at the end she said "I can't believe how calm you were the whole time" I don't remember it that way, but I like her version better :)

T
 
Savage Voyageur
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03/22/2021 03:49PM  
Walleye 22”
Pike 32”
Smallmouth 20”
Brook Trout 6” I caught it on a 3” Rapala Brook Trout pattern
 
03/23/2021 07:00AM  
Lake Trout (never put a scale or tape to it) she fought like hell and i wanted to get her back ASAP after the pic, and she sat upright for about 35 minutes then gone. maybe #10 ?
smallie 20" oz shy of #5
brookie #3-12
 
walleyejunky
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03/27/2021 08:29PM  
26" Walleye
41" Northern Pike

Caught both within 1 hour of each hour. Leeches and slip bobbers on Disappointment Lake.
 
Riverlife36
  
03/31/2021 10:19PM  
taoeatoat: "from memory and approximation


yes a 50 in northern from Saganaga


a welcome way of a little luck brought me a 3 and 3/4 pound coaster brookie


can't remember how big my lake trout was


several nice walleyes, but nothing over 30 in


everyone has caught a good smallmouth bass,right?!!


"


Wow 50” pike hope you got a pic for the memory of a remarkable fish!
 
duckcall
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04/02/2021 02:29PM  
Walleye 30" personal best also
N. Pike 32" very next cast, both with a fire tiger wally diver
Smallmouth 19" jig and leech
Crappie 12" jig, leech and slip bobber
Bluegill and Rock Bass big enough to clean
 
analyzer
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04/02/2021 03:45PM  
my wife catches all the big ones...

Walleye 26"
Pike 14 lbs, I don't recall the length.
SMB 20" My wife has me by 3".
Laker 27" I don't usually target them. just started trying recently, and am up to 4 now. lol.

We're doing an ensign, ima, frasier, kek, vera loop this year, so should have plenty of Laker ops. I don't think it's unrealistic to improve 2 of those PB's in one trip. One can hope. For someone who has fished the boundary waters for 50 years, those numbers are a little lean. But the older i get, the less I care. It's still my favorite place to fish. It's all about the setting.
 
paddlefurther
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04/02/2021 09:39PM  
49" PIKE
30" WALLEYE (31" IN QUETICO)
34.5" lAKER
22" Smallmouth
24.5" whitefish
18" brookie
 
buzz17
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04/03/2021 07:03AM  
22" SMB Chippewa
19" LMB Boot
29" Laker Ima
27" Walleye Horse
40" Pike Gabbro
16" Crappie LLC
19" Redhorse Lake 3
15" Tulibee Boulder River
12" Perch Gabbro
10" Bluegill Chippewa
15" Sauger Agnes
 
04/03/2021 02:06PM  
Only been on one trip so far. But I caught the first fish in our group!
I have to admit that I was hunting photo opportunities more than fish

4” SMB barely bigger than the lure
All others Nada, Zip, Skunked,
Nowhere to go but up from here
 
04/03/2021 02:34PM  
20" 4lb smallmouth (June, translucent blue jerkbait)
26"? northern pike (June, white/chartreuse double blade spinnerbait)
22" walleye (June, blue/green scatter rap shad)
28" lake trout (June, chartreuse ball jig + white curly tail grub)
18.5" brookie (September, bright yellow/green/red inline spinner)

Hoping to break the first 3 in June this year up on Crooked :)
 
Bobaaa
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04/06/2021 12:15PM  
Walleye - 27
Pike - 40+
Smallmouth - 21

A few real nice perch over the years too.
 
thegildedgopher
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04/06/2021 02:33PM  
BonzSF: "Only been on one trip so far. But I caught the first fish in our group!
I have to admit that I was hunting photo opportunities more than fish


4” SMB barely bigger than the lure
All others Nada, Zip, Skunked,
Nowhere to go but up from here
"


best post in the thread :D
 
treehorn
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04/06/2021 03:34PM  
I've never measured or weighed a single fish I've caught. Partly because I haven't ever really caught anything all that impressive, partly because I just don't really care. I suppose I will when I finally land some hog!
 
Jakthund
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04/06/2021 04:00PM  
Here's one that is and always will be my best of species (and only) in BWCA. Always because they stopped stocking these about 25 years ago.
Caught on one of the stocked lakes in 2001. Wish I had a better picture before the colors faded, but I forgot my camera at camp.
 
thegildedgopher
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04/08/2021 08:17AM  
Jakthund: "Here's one that is and always will be my best of species (and only) in BWCA. Always because they stopped stocking these about 25 years ago.
Caught on one of the stocked lakes in 2001. Wish I had a better picture before the colors faded, but I forgot my camera at camp.
"


I’ll be the dummy and ask what this is? In absence of coloring I’m lost but it looks like a trout or salmon species of some kind. I’m intrigued.
 
blutofish1
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04/11/2021 09:14AM  
North Bay Basswood. Mrs. blutofish slayed the smallies. > 22 3/4 " shore fishing with slip bobber and crawler.
 
04/11/2021 09:50AM  
Jakthund: "Here's one that is and always will be my best of species (and only) in BWCA. Always because they stopped stocking these about 25 years ago.
Caught on one of the stocked lakes in 2001. Wish I had a better picture before the colors faded, but I forgot my camera at camp.
"


They used to stock JAP with rainbows. My inlaws tell stories of really good fishing in that lake, big fat rainbows.
 
Jakthund
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04/12/2021 03:39PM  
Speckled: "
Jakthund: "Here's one that is and always will be my best of species (and only) in BWCA. Always because they stopped stocking these about 25 years ago.
Caught on one of the stocked lakes in 2001. Wish I had a better picture before the colors faded, but I forgot my camera at camp.
"



They used to stock JAP with rainbows. My inlaws tell stories of really good fishing in that lake, big fat rainbows. "


I fished this lake many times and caught plenty of Brookies. Used to catch Splake, but they stopped stocking those also. Only Rainbow I ever caught and probably one of the last taken in the BWCA. Much more meat than Brookies. We steaked that one and grilled over the fire. Arguably the best fish I've eaten in the BWCA.

 
Stumpy
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04/20/2021 11:54PM  
First, I'm more into exploring than fishing, but that's led me to some good lakes.
Still my list isn't too impressive except for the last story.
Some I weighed, some I measured, some I just eyed.
I ve guided many people who have topped my best, which brings me more joy.
Anyway...
Smallmouth - 4 pounds
Largemouth - 4 pounds
Walleye - 7 pounds
Lake Trout - 9 pounds
Perch - about 1 pound
Brook Trout ------ On my bucket list

Pike - 45 inches.... But caught on a lure that I carved myself at age 15... 20 years later a boys imagination came true. I retired that lure immediately and it hangs with picture of that fish.



 
CRL
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04/21/2021 06:38AM  
Stumpy: "First, I'm more into exploring than fishing, but that's led me to some good lakes.
Still my list isn't too impressive except for the last story.
Some I weighed, some I measured, some I just eyed.
I ve guided many people who have topped my best, which brings me more joy.
Anyway...
Smallmouth - 4 pounds
Largemouth - 4 pounds
Walleye - 7 pounds
Lake Trout - 9 pounds
Perch - about 1 pound
Brook Trout ------ On my bucket list


Pike - 45 inches.... But caught on a lure that I carved myself at age 15... 20 years later a boys imagination came true. I retired that lure immediately and it hangs with picture of that fish.




"


Great pike story! It would be neat to see a picture of the lure!
 
04/21/2021 09:33AM  
Speckled: "
Jakthund: "Here's one that is and always will be my best of species (and only) in BWCA. Always because they stopped stocking these about 25 years ago.
Caught on one of the stocked lakes in 2001. Wish I had a better picture before the colors faded, but I forgot my camera at camp.
"



They used to stock JAP with rainbows. My inlaws tell stories of really good fishing in that lake, big fat rainbows. "
jap also use to have descent size lakers , not sure what happened there , maybe they ate all the rainbow trout LOL
last time there 1997 , everything was 16"-17" with bladder worm.
 
GearJunkie
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04/21/2021 02:19PM  
Not sure the length or weight but it ate whatever ate my leech. Caught behind the island camp on Friday Bay

 
missmolly
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04/21/2021 07:59PM  
GearJunkie: "Not sure the length or weight but it ate whatever ate my leech. Caught behind the island camp on Friday Bay


"


Whadda photo!
 
Stumpy
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04/21/2021 08:23PM  
CRL: "
Stumpy: "First, I'm more into exploring than fishing, but that's led me to some good lakes.
Still my list isn't too impressive except for the last story.
Some I weighed, some I measured, some I just eyed.
I ve guided many people who have topped my best, which brings me more joy.
Anyway...
Smallmouth - 4 pounds
Largemouth - 4 pounds
Walleye - 7 pounds
Lake Trout - 9 pounds
Perch - about 1 pound
Brook Trout ------ On my bucket list



Pike - 45 inches.... But caught on a lure that I carved myself at age 15... 20 years later a boys imagination came true. I retired that lure immediately and it hangs with picture of that fish.




"



Great pike story! It would be neat to see a picture of the lure!
"

The lip is a penny that I smashed with a hammer.
I originally measured the pike at 44 inches, but back then I didn't know you're supposed to pinch the tail when measuring....so I've added an inch....like a real fisherman ;)
 
GearJunkie
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04/23/2021 12:23PM  
missmolly: "
GearJunkie: "Not sure the length or weight but it ate whatever ate my leech. Caught behind the island camp on Friday Bay



"



Whadda photo!"


Thanks! I caught two that size back to back on a jig and leech. Each time they ate whatever I was reeling in.

The one in the photo broke the line at the side of the canoe (probably for the better because there was no way I was getting it out of the water). This is the small one that I was able to land.
 
CRL
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04/23/2021 06:00PM  
Stumpy-- thanks for the photo of the lure. It must have been pretty rewarding to have caught that pike with that!
 
SinglePortage
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04/24/2021 11:35AM  
Pike.....41"
Walleye...32 1/4"
SMB......21 1/4"
LMB.....20"
 
eagleriverwalleye
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04/24/2021 04:28PM  
Laker: 22in on Sarah (lipless crank)
SMB: 22in on Argo (leech)
Northern: 30in on Agamok (shad rap)
Walleye: 22in on Thomas (leech)
 
Basspro69
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04/30/2021 12:26PM  
thegildedgopher: "I get a kick outta the secrecy when you’re literally going out of your way to talk about your fish and volunteering info. It’s not like someone has you backed into a corner trying to find your secret spot guys. The brookie lakes ain’t always easy to get to, but the list of lakes is literally public record and easily found.


I would rather catch native lake trout than dumb-as-rocks stocked specks but that’s just me."
You will find that catching a big Brookie isn’t as easy as you make it out to be, especially in lakes where they are stocked as fingerlings. I would take a Brookie over a laker any day of the week!
 
Yakfish
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05/04/2021 03:09PM  
CityFisher74: "Didn't start measuring fish until my last 8ish trips, so these are my recorded bests:


Walleye - 27", Black Jig and Leech, Lake Wishuknew
SMB - 19", Leech on slip bobber, Lake Wishuknew
Blue Gill - 11", Leech on slip bobber, Lake Wishuknew
Crappie - 13", Orange jig and leech, Lake Wishuknew"

I just about googled that lake. Lol
 
Stumpy
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05/04/2021 05:17PM  
Stumpy: "
CRL: "
Stumpy: "First, I'm more into exploring than fishing, but that's led me to some good lakes.
Still my list isn't too impressive except for the last story.
Some I weighed, some I measured, some I just eyed.
I ve guided many people who have topped my best, which brings me more joy.
Anyway...
Smallmouth - 4 pounds
Largemouth - 4 pounds
Walleye - 7 pounds
Lake Trout - 9 pounds
Perch - about 1 pound
Brook Trout ------ On my bucket list



Pike - 45 inches.... But caught on a lure that I carved myself at age 15... 20 years later a boys imagination came true. I retired that lure immediately and it hangs with picture of that fish.





"




Great pike story! It would be neat to see a picture of the lure!
"

The lip is a penny that I smashed with a hammer.
I originally measured the pike at 44 inches, but back then I didn't know you're supposed to pinch the tail when measuring....so I've added an inch....like a real fisherman ;) "


There is more to this story....
I was fishing with my buddy, who's basement I carved the lure in.
He's a very good fisherman, and takes it way more seriously than I do.
Well I decided to try the old lure, as he laughed.
After a few casts, I had a hit !
He says.... "What kind of pathetic fish would hit that?"
My next cast I hooked that pike.
He does have me beat with a 47 incher & that is his jointed Rapala hanging in the canoe in the picture. I should have gotten a picture of the lure in the fishes' mouth, but I was in a big hurry to get it back in the water.
 
05/05/2021 07:39AM  
been awhile since i posted a pic of my mount (not the fish above)
i gotta keep upwith BP ;)
 
05/07/2021 07:05PM  
Lake Trout-36 inches
Northern pike-44 inches
Smallmouth bass 23.5 inches
Walleye-21 inches

0.5 miles outside BWCA-10 inch COHO salmon in the 70's when a few lakes were stocked.

Whitefish-20 inches
Brook Trout- 22.5 inches
 
Stumpy
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05/08/2021 12:43AM  
Pinetree: "Lake Trout-36 inches
Northern pike-45 inches
Smallmouth bass 23.5 inches
Walleye-21 inches


0.5 miles outside BWCA-10 inch COHO salmon in the 70's when a few lakes were stocked.


Whitefish-20 inches
Brook Trout- 22.5 inches"


Quite impressive !
 
05/08/2021 06:13PM  
PT , whats up with the walleye ? a typ-o ;)
 
05/08/2021 08:02PM  
shock: "PT , whats up with the walleye ? a typ-o ;)"


LOL I was thinking the same thing!

Everything else on the list is out of this world…I could fish everyday the rest of my
Life in the BWCA and not best his NP, smally, whitefish, BT lengths without ALOT of luck.
T
 
05/09/2021 08:41AM  
Just not a walleye fishermen and much harder for me to catch.
I think my luck with the bigger fish has much to do with amount of years spent
fishing and exploring.
 
SinglePortage
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05/27/2021 07:22PM  
I just caught a 21 1/2 inch smallmouth bass on the 17th.
 
05/28/2021 11:50AM  
SinglePortage: "I just caught a 21 1/2 inch smallmouth bass on the 17th."
congrats #5 + all day !!!
 
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