New Trip Report posted by smalltown

Trip Name: Voyage of the Sasquatch.

Entry Point: 54

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Awesome report! Loved the photos - looked like you had a lot of success fishing :) And a huge CONGRATS on your first trip without 'real' adults along - even though you are now considered an adult yourself ;)

Enjoyed the read - keep on posting!

Happy paddling....

What a great trip for two brothers! Yes you should have gotten more then 4 dozen leeches for a half pound. Keep going as long as the two of you can. Life is short!

Sounded like a grat trip, love all the fish pictures!;-)

Man, sounds like a lot of fun.

Thanks for the trip report. You guys had some pretty good fishing.

Way to go on your first "solo" attempt. You guys are hooked, a good thing. Nice TR.

Thanks everyone! :) Yeah I wish I could go again this summer but I think I have to wait until next year.:( But o well. Yeah the bw are a blast!

Great report! It is great to see young men such as yourselves enjoying the BWCA. There are many "real adults" in this world that would not be able to do a trip as well as you did. There have been many posts on this website about the average age of visitors to the BWCA getting older, so it is awesome to see a younger generation of trippers!!

Very good read! Excellent fishing as well, thanks for the pictures. You guys will emember that trip forever!

Nice report & photos. Really enjoyed it.

Flippin awesome trip! Thanks for the report, hope to see more over the years!

I loved your report - I want you to be my fishing guide and trip with me sometime!

Nice job! That's how it's done!

Sweet report. Looks like you had a great time.

Nice report. Lot's of big fish. Wish I'd been there. Good job!

That was fun to read--such zest! I liked how you were concerned about "leaving a trace". You parents must be awfully proud of you.

Nice report. I teach high school students and you two are very responsible and mature. I am impressed. From a Christian perspective I love that fact that you read your Bible along the way. Awesome.

Very good report. Sounds like an amazing trip with some excellent fishing. I've got to ask though... I noticed that you two had lots of fish on stringers (and some very large fish at that). From the looks of your photos, I couldn't imagine that just two of you ate all of those fish in the two fish meals you mentioned. What were you doing with all of those fish, was there a lot of waste or did you two manage to consume them all? That stringer of smallies alone looked like it could feed my family of five for two nights...

Outstanding report and excellent photos. Rock On!

@ bear brown
o yeah we didn't eat all of them. We made a live well and left the fish in there to keep them alive. We did eat a good portion of them though. Yeah we weren't sure if we should injure the fish that we were letting go by punching a hole through their lip but we wanted the pictures but decided to. maybe thats unethical i don't know.

Great report and nice pics

That doesn't sound like the most ethical fishing scenario I have heard. Hopefully the fish you released survived. Smallies are resilient fish so they may have. Not sure if there are any legal ramifications for doing that, as long as you never had more than 6 smallies per person at anytime. I believe that is the possession limit. Most people would stress practicing catch and release after you have caught the fish you plan on consuming.

@bear brown
yeah I guess maybe we should have thought about it more. I'm sorry. But I can assure you they were very lively and just fine when we let them go. I don't think one hole in their lip would kill them. But I can see where it would bother you and people. We ate over 75% of the fish we caught though so it was probably only 6 or 7 that we released and they all darted away when we put them back.

Consider yourself lucky you and your brother have such a great relationship !

If I had tried that at that age with my brother only one of us would have returned :)

that was a very nice trip report,thanks

Nice trip guys. Great trip for brothers to do. I wish I would started canoe tripping at a younger age. I'll be looking forward to your future trips. You know where to find me if you are looking for some new trips to try.
Thanks for sharing. Mr. N