Boundary Waters Quetico Forum :: Trip Planning Forum :: Solo #44 Ram to Bower Trout Lake advice...
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Loneshoreman |
It's been years since I've done #44 and the miserable Misquah portage but I think that's what it's going to take to get some solitude. I'm going early September for 9 days.. Going to go through Vista, Winchell, the Cone chain and then out through the South Brule river to Bower... How busy does Winchell get? Is that considered a destination lake for people? How tough is the fishing on these deep clear lakes during shoulder season? Besides the Winchell cliffs, what are other must see places along this route. I'm actually happy to sacrifice good fishing if it means a quieter trip in general. The last 3yrs going out of Mudro, Angleworm and Nina Moose has left me looking for a little different style trip.. Especially after watching the permit frenzy yesterday. Thank you in advance for the help... |
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boonie |
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Loneshoreman |
I'm still a little jaded from what I experienced the last 3yrs.. |
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LetsGoFishing |
I really liked camping on Omega to the North of Winchell. We caught a bunch of pike and a couple nice smallmouth. The portage between Omega and Phalanx is really cool - lots of ferns and very overgrown. We just walked it, we didn't carry the canoe. |
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straighthairedcurly |
The west end of Winchell tends to fill up faster due to people coming up from Brule. Brule can get very full so I am glad I didn't stay there. On Vernon, the campsite closest to the portage into Brule has a path that goes back to a pretty little waterfall. The route through Davis and the Cone Lakes is not well traveled compared to most areas around there. Have a great trip! |
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CampingJon |
Enjoy the trip! Sounds like a good one! |
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lindylair |
You may have been to Vista before but it is one of my fav BWCA lakes. Might be worth a night or more, especially if you get the southern campsite and like walleye fishing. Gaskin and Winchell might be the two busiest lakes you go through but most of the route should be quiet. Winchell is a big lake so if you are heading east to west be wary of the wind. It is perhaps the only BWCA lake I have ever been on that I have been skunked for fishing, we called it the Dead Sea. Please prove me wrong:) Have a great trip. |