This will be my 1st solo in October and 20th trip all together in BW what are some of the things that one should be prepared for being alone for 4 or 5 nights, plan on lots of fishing,exploring and relaxing any advise will help thanks housty.

After 20 trips you know pretty much all there is to know. On a solo trip there is nobody to blame but yourself, so prepare for everything. Also, take something to read.

Gather more wood than normal, the night comes early.

Hopefully there is not a total fire ban when i go.

When I'm by myself, I take my time, enjoy what's around me, and take no risks

Take a book to read and a lantern for light. Keep a separate set of long wool underwear sealed in a bag for emergency use.
Have a ball!

butthead

give a bull moose a wide berth. be aware of this too....moose season runs til the 14th.

If you get lonely while out there alone, feel free to talk to the trees, rocks, chipmunks, or even Wilson or anybody else who happens to magically appear.

quote kanoes: "give a bull moose a wide berth. be aware of this too....moose season runs til the 14th."

Blaze orange hat and/or vest is a good idea!

butthead

quote boonie: "If you get lonely while out there alone, feel free to talk to the trees, rocks, chipmunks, or even Wilson or anybody else who happens to magically appear. "

I will be talking to my fishing pole, hopefully its good words.

quote butthead: "

quote kanoes: "give a bull moose a wide berth. be aware of this too....moose season runs til the 14th."

Blaze orange hat and/or vest is a good idea!


butthead"

I will definitely bring orange, I might try for some grouse.

Leaving in about 24 hours, can,t wait for my first solo, i will take lots of pictures.

make sure your pfd in on and zipped

All you need is a GREAT Attitude! you know everything else.
Be Safe and Stay Thirsty my Friend
SunCatcher

quote lars54: "make sure your pfd in on and zipped"

Yes I will, safety first.

Have fun!

Had a great time, couldn't ask for better weather. The northern lights on Sunday the 30th were spectacular and having a full moon made it like daytime at night, getting up at 5 or 6 AM it was all ready light out before the sun came up and made it easy to start fishing, I ate 3 walleye meals. The colors were amazing from the time I left home to the time I got to my campsite, the best part was the 2 campsites I could see, nobody stayed in them all 5 nights, so it was like I had the stretch of Kish river to myself. The water level is the lowest I've ever seen it, lots of extra rocks paddling up to the portages. Here's a few Pictures and can't wait for the next adventure.

Awesome, thanks for sharing your nice photos.

Great pictures, thanks for posting.

Looks like you had color too! Nice pix.

I just got back from a five dayer..beautiful color. How did you find 13 hours of darkness?

I ran out of books. It rained every night(Gives meaning to the word hibernate) and maybe two hours of sun over the five days. But it was warm till the last night when a violent storm came through dropping the temp twenty degrees in five minutes with some snow.

thats a nice time of year to be in the BW,very different feeling to the place than spring when it's waking up from winter or those summer days when even the rocks are warm.
i stick to Brule lake on late fall trips and don't go far just in case there is a big change in the weather.

quote yellowcanoe: "Looks like you had color too! Nice pix.


I just got back from a five dayer..beautiful color. How did you find 13 hours of darkness?


I ran out of books. It rained every night(Gives meaning to the word hibernate) and maybe two hours of sun over the five days. But it was warm till the last night when a violent storm came through dropping the temp twenty degrees in five minutes with some snow. "

It a lot easier when it does not rain, even got a little nap in each day and would stay up to about 10 or 11, forgot to even take a book, lots of fishing, looking for wood and taking pictures. Loved every minute of having peace and quit already planning the next solo.

Glad you enjoyed it, Housty. I just returned a few days ago from mine - I was in from 9/25 to 10/2 - and the weather was just about perfect. We really lucked out on that - sunnybear had bad weather the week before I got there and it sounds like we just missed some after too.

Here's a few more pictures. Your right couldn't of had better weather, can't wait for opener.

quote boonie: "Glad you enjoyed it, Housty. I just returned a few days ago from mine - I was in from 9/25 to 10/2 - and the weather was just about perfect. We really lucked out on that - sunnybear had bad weather the week before I got there and it sounds like we just missed some after too."

Lets see some pictures.

quote housty9: "

quote boonie: "Glad you enjoyed it, Housty. I just returned a few days ago from mine - I was in from 9/25 to 10/2 - and the weather was just about perfect. We really lucked out on that - sunnybear had bad weather the week before I got there and it sounds like we just missed some after too."

Lets see some pictures."

I'm working on them and will soon post a link. You'll have several hundred :) to view.