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mcsweem
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I've never been there but here's an interesting fact. Auchagah was the Cree Indian that drew the map for explorer LaVerendrye. That showed the route to take through all of the boundary waters lakes from superior west.
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marsonite
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Interesting! I never noticed that lake either. Definitely worth a trip in there. As to fish, I would be very surprised if it had lake trout, if only because if it did, someone would have been there and blabbed about it. Plus it's so small...looks like a quarter the size of Fat, and that is already small. But you never know. It is set in some nice hills, so maybe it's deep.
As to getting there, the marshes you must be talking about are drained beaver ponds. Walking up that drainage would give you something to follow, though those beaver ponds might be more of a hindrance than a help. I would be tempted to plug a point on the shoreline into a GPS and navigate there from the shore of North Lake.
I was looking at it on Caltopo and looks like there is a benchmark on that knob to the east.
Anyway, have fun! Wish I was going.
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Deeznuts
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Anyone make it out to auchagah lake? I've scoured the net as well as the bwca website and I only see one other person mention it. We are planning a 10 day trip from ep 14, around the horn and back and I am very interested to see if it would be worth a bushwack/bogwalk to fish there. I am looking for remote locations in that area that do not require a PMA permit. From the maps I've been observing it looks to be very marshy. Any info you have is extremely helpful, thanks!
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jwartman59
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I’d start at the beaver dam at the west end of north, take a compass bearing, and hike. A third of a mile though open pine forest. Looks like a nice walk in the woods. If it had good fish there would most likely be a trail.
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Deeznuts
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I have read that in my research. Very interesting stories about auchagah
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Deeznuts
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That was my thoughts too but as a few have said they never even heard of it? I'm thinking because of it's small size most people write it off. I don't know I'm hoping SOMEONE has been there and can tell me what its like!
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JD
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Just in case you didn't know, you don't need a PMA permit to travel through a PMA or fish in it, you just need a permit if you'd like to camp in a PMA. I hadn't even heard of Auchagah but I bet it sees basically no visitors. What would you be hoping to catch in there?
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Deeznuts
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The coloring of the water suggests it's similar to fat so I was hoping maybe Lakers but at this point there is so little information on it I am hoping for anything! I would hike in from north lake where it looks as if there is a channel cutting a path through to auchagah. On google maps the route looks marshy, and real time images I have found online there is ice so that suggests I may be bog walking a bit. I am very apprehensive of attempting this trip so I'm trying to gather as much info as possible.
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