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ScottMacFish
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04/07/2026 10:20AM  
I have been doing one to two trips a year for the last ten years and did not think I could get a May trip in this year, so I did not get a permit. Turns out that my need to get into the BWCA has turned that into a make it happen. I have literally been dreaming about being in the BWCA so I now have a few days. Trout Lake looks to be one of the only available EPs so I am looking at Trout Lake to Chad to Buck, Western and Glenmore.

Has anyone who has done this trip offer any advice/insight, if the fishing is any good? The paddle through Trout, can it get windy and nasty like Brule to S. Temperance?

I will be going solo. I don't mind a bit of a battle, but at 63 years old, it can wear me out a little.

Thanks for any tips.
 
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Onthefly6
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04/07/2026 02:00PM  
Vermilion and Trout can get bad quickly in the wind.
 
Dreamer
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04/07/2026 11:01PM  
I may switch to Trout in May just because I've never been there. I'm wanting to do a big loop all through that southwest quadrant. I'm guessing that any body of water that big can get a bit dicey. You can get a tow across Vermilion. Leave early and 70% of the time you won't face the stronger winds until you're in smaller water.
 
ScottMacFish
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04/08/2026 12:02PM  
Thanks, I thought the same, that is why I asked, just to see if anyone had experienced it and had some insight,
 
04/08/2026 04:05PM  
Yes, Vermillion can get windy, but I’d be more concerned with boat traffic. Many boaters, in my experience, don’t see canoes or don’t care to even slow down. I haven’t fished much on Trout, but Oriniak is a good walleye lake as are Pine and Buck. The portage from Buck to Cummings is long but, if I remember correctly, relatively flat. Cummings is a great bass lake with some good sized northerns as well.
 
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