Boundary Waters Quetico Forum :: Quetico Forum :: Anyone been fishing in Quetico yet?
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cburton103 |
Mack, Murdoch and Kawnipi were all much more productive. Caught walleye trolling in 5-10 feet of water over saddles and emerging weed beds. Never got on huge numbers, but we would find a spot and pick up 4-5 walleye over about as many passes. Had a hard time getting a walleye bite any way except trolling slowly over these areas, even after we found them. Bass were shallow only on Murdoch for us - possibly because it is primarily fed by a creek and a river where the water was able to warm up a few degrees. Caught topwater bass really well on Kawnipi one day as well. We didn't see a single bass on a bed during our trip. Unlike the rest of you, we basically struck out on lake trout. We mostly tried trolling lures in the 10-15' depth range, so perhaps we were trolling below most of them. |
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deancal20 |
Walleyes were not shallow as some said. I think they were still prespawn as well. I found them in tight pockets at about 12- 15 feet. It seemed like if you could see the rocks you stay just in the dark water and they loved white jigs. We caught at lease 20 'eyes. We did well around Pickeral for the lakers. Caught a number of bass and even one went 21-1/2 inches. Thankfully he survived the picture taking. Great trip with only one day of rain. I am 65 and thinking that it may be time to sell my two Kevlar canoes. They have served me well, but the ol' back is still complaining. If interested, let me know. 319-850-0024. |
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campnfish |
AmarilloJim: "I recorded a 50 degree surface temp on Burt 6/2/19." Where you wetfooting it? |
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campnfish |
GBTG: "23 walleye, 60 norts , 45 smb , 4 LT" Where abouts were you? |
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GBTG |
Like I said walleye were really deep and the bass were just coming shallow on the sunny days with the right wind in the north bays. Too cold of water temps for good fishing. |
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deancal20 |
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Luckee |
Look forward to hear what you saw and how the fishing was! I'll be going in around 6/12 :) |
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carmike |
The trout fishing was incredible. Everything else, not so much. A few bass on the shorelines, only a few small pike, and one lonely walleye. |
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Pinetree |
deancal20: "I am 65 and thinking that it may be time to sell my two Kevlar canoes. They have served me well but the ol' back is still complaining. If interested, let me know. 319-850-0024." Once they're gone, they're gone. Think about it for awhile. |
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revleroy1 |
Exited: 6/22/19 Twin Falls (Maligne River) Lakes camped on: Quetico - first few days colder, weather unsettled, rain Burntside - weather more settled, light variable winds turning se Sturgeon - great weather, slowly warming, consistent light se wind Tanner - great weather se/e wind, cold last night Lakes fished on: Sturgeon - Walleyes and NP great - good size to NP. SMB slower Burntside - Walleyes good, NP and SMB better Rouge - Great SMB action - good size Sturgeon - All species great action. Midday walleyes in narrows/pinch points. NP size good as well, including fat 36" pike caught on popper Tanner - steady SMB action We had 2 adults and 3 kids (aged 17f, 17m, 12m), so I didn't get as much fishing done as I would have liked, esp when trying to keep 2 other people in a canoe fishing - but fishing was steady enough that everyone had a good time. Water temps ranged from 60-65. |
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Kickapoo |
Quetico lake was slow- could have been the 30 (+) C heatwave, but had trouble moving fish. Jean was more promising, but when the high pressure system blew out on Burntside, fishing picked up. Mainly Walleyes and SMB, with a few pike in between. Bentpine was the real winner though- walleyes from the shore consistently! Just watch out for the active turtle and bald eagle populations eager to take them off your stringer! Badwater held much promise, but didn't produce after some serious attempts. Resorted to jumping off the rock ledge into the water in a effort to scare them out! |
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Nova9er |
GBTG: "Saganagons |
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Johnh |
Walleye were just about impossible to find which was puzzling but others are reporting the same. We spent some time on it and hit some walleye buckets but maybe got 15 for the trip. At the end we got a couple on the shoreline casting for bass so the warming water may have been getting them active. We found bass on the shoreline in areas that warm early and did well on the fly rod with Clousers. Thanks to Bob Clouser for inventing the Clouser minnow. The bass appeared to be staging to spawn but on a couple of lakes we returned five days later and they were not spawning and had all left the shoreline. My guess was they did not like the cold water and were abandoning the spawning effort. I have heard they will do that. Trout trolling was good on spoons. On the last day we got a laker on the fly rod casting for bass which gave us the fly rod slam for the trip. Plenty of pike were caught in pursuit of bass. We spotted a nice one sunning himself on a muddy flat and got him to grab the Clouser. Come to think of it we actually got the slam on the Clouser. That is a great fly. We also spotted a couple of sturgeon. One poked his head out of the water five feet from our boat. He appeared to be coming up to take a look at us the way a snapping turtle would. Curious about the canoe I guess. |
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AmarilloJim |
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bmu92 |
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CrazyLoon |
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GBTG |
Couldn't catch them shallow believe me I tried! |
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BNAPaddler |
Water temps were 52 upon entry and we had several days of rain/wind. Monday Memorial Day the air temps got up in the 70's with abundant sunshine and water temp rose to 57 when we exited May 30. SMB were in pre-spawn stage in shallow lakes. A few fish were starting to make beds on May 30. Walleye and Pike bite was decent. Didn't target Lake Trout. |
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AmarilloJim |
campnfish: "AmarilloJim: "I recorded a 50 degree surface temp on Burt 6/2/19." Yep! |
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mtn |
GBTG: "Caught 23 last week over 5.5 days. All were deep 25 to 35'. Smallest 18 largest 25. 23 walleye? |
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Luckee |
-- The water there didn't seem high. Everything seemed like my later July 4 trip last year, or lower. -- The walleye definitely did seem to be shallow. Caught most of them on a Rapala "flat rap" that runs around four feet if I'm not mistaken. -- Bass were very active in all likely water. I caught so many that I'm surprised I didn't happen on a really big one -- though I did see a giant (nearly twice as big as all other seen up to 4-5 pounds) repeatedly chase, inspect, and refuse a leechy-looking fly in shallow water under a too-bright afternoon sky. They don't get big for no reason :) -- Pike, conversely, were few and far between on this trip. I got two on topwater and a few trolling rapalas. Intentional attempts to raise them on a Dahlberg Diver resulted in only one (very satisfying) take. I lived a charmed life, getting blown across Quetico going in by a wind from the West, and returning on a very firm breeze out of the East. Camped on Beaverhouse last night on an island that was very scenic, and hardly at all fishy. Even after the wind calmed on the very last morning, I was only able to get one small bass from three strikes on flies. But that made sure none of the ten days f my trip were skunk days :) Surely Beaverhouse has its days? But Quetico and Jean fished just fine. Bugs were few, fish many. Maybe I lucked out and hit the timing just right, because a nice guy wearing a Bass Pro Shops hat at the put-in on day one told me they'd scored big on lake trout but got no bass. I found a few on topwater in Quetico the same night. Ate walleye 7 out of nine nights and took one night break intentionally. Just keep becoming more and more of a fan of Quetico paddling and fishing. Wondering whether that carry over to Burntside would be worth the sweat . . . it was boggy and muddy in flat areas near the top, but the lake looked really nice. |
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