marsonite
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It's been a few years (well, actually quite a bit more than a few) but I have done a few trips on LIS south. Never been upstream of the portage to Little Trout either, so I can't speak to that.
The LIS for the most part winds a lot with very little current. I remember once paddling on it on a very windy day and having the wind at our back half the time and battling a headwind the other half. The banks are quite swampy. There are a few rapids, which as far as I remember must be portaged in practically all water levels, but otherwise it is essentially flatwater.
I know I paddled it once in a hot spell in mid August, and I don't recall a problem with water levels. If anything, the portage landings might be a bit more difficult with low water.
I know you need to plan carefully because there are really limited options for camping on the river, even desperation bushwhack campsites, and the distances are fairly long. Leaving Otter, you would either have to take the long portage to Little Trout or continue to Bootleg which is over 15 miles with a number of portages. Not that it is such a long distance, but you would need to get an early start off of Otter.
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