What a wonderful trip, probably my best ever canoe trip. Fishing great, weather great, fishing great. What more to say, am putting a trip report together, as I'm trying to finish unpacking. Buddy caught a 40 3/4" Pike, first day on Glenn. Certainly pushing the 20# mark. He's excited.
Bugs not bad, certainly tolerable. Lot's of portages in tough shape, but Harlan, Marten, and many others are working to make the park passable. Tough job. A couple of pics
Must be a year for big pike in WCPP. I caught 2 above 40 inches (plus a couple of 38's and 36's). As I was muscling one of my 40+ pike to the canoe to release, I looked below him and there was a LARGER one circling that could easily have been 6" longer ... WHOA! One of my 38's had teeth marks across his back side that were at least 6 inches wide. Upon catching my first 40+ pike from a solo canoe, a line from the movie "Jaws" came to mind ... "I'm going to need a bigger boat!" It was quickly followed by another line from one of the Star Trek movies ... "Captain, there be WHALES here!"
My paddling partner also landed a 40+ incher. He had another (thankfully smaller) literally jump in the boat with him. In addition, one fisherman we passed on a travel day has just landed a 40+ incher.
Glad you had a great trip. It is a wonderful place to travel. Fishing generally is outstanding due to almost non-existent pressure.
dd
"If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs" chances are you missed something. (Inspired by Rudyard Kipling.)
Can't wait to read your trip report, we're going into Mexican Hat the end of August and love to fish [not so much eat as to catch em] did you go in from LeAnno? if so really interested in the trip in, not much the exact condition [there needs to be some element of surprise on a trip of this magnitude] but how long it took you . Oh by the way some great pictures. FRED
Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked, the good fourtune to remember the ones do, and the eyesight to tell the differance.
Where all did you go? I hear the minjim is blown in pretty good. Of course the park office told me I couldn't complete the Irvine route last year and the portage in question was one of the better ones.
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