Boundary Waters Quetico Forum :: Fishing Forum :: Rods/Reels for July Trip?
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Jackfish |
Keep in mind that you might be fishing for walleyes with 8# test and a lighter rod and end up fighting a 15# northern pike. Your rod and line have to be able to handle that. With more than two rods each, I think you'll find that you'll be fighting a mess in the boat. And unless you're REALLY, REALLY sensitive to the bite, wimpy ultralight equipment won't catch you any more fish. If you want to bring one extra rod as a backup, that's fine, but two rods as suggested above will work great for you. |
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AndySG |
Welcome to the site cptrea, and Good Fishing. You and your daughter will enjoy the trip. There is So Much more to these journeys than fishing. |
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cptrea |
Dad (that's me) is in charge of putting together the fishing gear and is agonizing over the battle of overpacking versus finding ourselves short on equipment out in the woods. Here's my current thinking for the two of us: Two ultralight spinning rods/reels, four pound Two medium spinning rods/reels, eight pound One medium-heavy spinning rod/reel, twelve pound One fly rod, probably an eight or nine weight, with one floating line and one sink-tip I figure the eight pound rigs will get the most usage, but we like light tackle fishing when possible and will go down to the four pound rigs when we can. The heavy spinner is for deep trolling and deep jigging, and the fly rod is because I prefer taking fish on fly when possible. Can some of you veteran Quetico/BWCA canoe anglers chip in with opinions? Is this too much gear to tote around? Is something missing? Sorry for the length of this post, but we're excited about this trip! |
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cptrea |
Thanks for your input. Sounds like I'm not too far off the mark in my thinking as far as how many rods to carry. We'll probably stick with mono just because I prefer it. I'm interested that you think flouro leaders offer more bite-off resistance than mono leaders. I wouldn't have guessed that flouro would be any tougher than similar sized mono. Do you ever use wire? And by the way, we will doubtless be the typical wide-eyed tourists looking at scenery, wildlife, etc., at least when not hooked up. Heck, we're flatlanders from Florida where the biggest hills are highway overpasses! (Daughter really hopes to see a moose!) |
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cptrea |
Jackfish: I'm considering the ultralight four pound rigs not because they'll catch more fish (though sometimes they might) but because an ultralight rig can turn the fight of an average fish into an epic battle, which can be more fun. However, if most of the fishing in July will involve heavier lures in deeper water, then the four pound stuff might not be practical. What do you think? marc24: I'll probably avoid braid. It might be because I'm old school, but for most fishing I prefer monofilament. While the sensitivity of braid is wonderful, I know that I lose more fish to pulled hooks while fishing braid, especially when fishing barbless. I think there are two reasons: first, low-stretch braid results in more jerks and tugs on the mouth of the fish (the same way you feel more on your end) and tends to tear mouth tissue open. Second, the stretch factor of mono tends to help you keep from slack-lining hooked fish and having hooks fall out. Of course, these are observations from down here and things might work differently on fish up there. (Many of the guides down here absolutely refuse to fish anything other than braid, so I may be alone in some of my opinions) AndySG: Thanks for the thoughts on Flouro. We use it extensively because we usually get more bites with flouro than with mono leaders. Some of our fish see a lot of hooks in a year. Might not be an issue in less heavily fished areas. |
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