I have enjoyed looking at the new entry points information available but there is a lot there and I haven't had time to see a lot of it. My question is "which entry points are the least likely to meet their quota?" I saw one the other night (already forgot which one!) that only met the quota 4 times in June of 2007.

Any thoughts?

I am 98% sure that Bog Lake leads the pack.


TB

I think there are stats on this in the Beymer books. Not just the number that enter each year but also things like percentage of days the entry filled, etc. Some low quota entries may fill often, but if you happen to nab one before it does, there may be a good chance at some solitude. (And then, there are low quotas that don't even fill as often... Angleworm, for instance.) I don't have my copy handy right now...

crocodile river must be one.

Right on with Bog Lake. In June of 2007 only 4 permits issued for the month, out of 60 possible! I just might need to visit this one. I guess if you want to travel you take a stream up to the Isabella River?

Kanoes, I thought you were joking with Crocodile River! I had to look it up, never heard of it.

Bog Lake is a dead end. You could bushwack.

no trav....i was serious. :)

I had one of the few permits issued in 2007 and 2008. I even wrote a trip report this summer. It's a cute little lake for a weekend trip. :-)

Sterngirl, I saw that you had made comments on one of the campsites. Are any of the streams on the map navigable for any distance? I understand it's a dead end but are the streams decent for exploring a little ways?

Trav, I've been on Bog in September the last two years. The streams aren't able to be traveled on for exploring. I'd suggest taking your compass and exploring the land around the campsites instead...

"Least used" looks good on paper, but the least used entries are least used for a reason. Bog is a good example of a dead end..... good for a weekend, but not the place to start a trip.

You don't hear very much on hear about EP9, Little Indian Sioux South, and there is only 1 permit every other day.

firftr--you're right about the LIS south entry point being off the beaten track (it takes a good deal of work to get anywhere and there aren't enough sites to accommodate high use anyways).

Anyhow, I was checking out the very nifty Entry Point Usage feature and I think there's a bug in the code for the LIS south entry point--it looks like the the days when permits aren't available are being charted as used permits and only the days when permits are available and have not been pulled (since permits are available only every other day) are being charted as zero. There's just no way that entry point is being so heavily used and with permits available only every other day, there shouldn't be a string of days all with one permit used.

I don't have any data, but I can't imagine #7, Big Lake, gets much traffic at all. Going in on Big Lake allows you three choices: one limits you to LaPond & Big Rice, both shallow potholes with no fish, two brings you to the awful 580 rod portage to Hook Lake, or three cutting east into Big Moose with 140 & 480 rod portages.

We were there an August a few years back & it didn't look like the campsite on LaPond had been used in eons. But the wolves & northern lights made the trip.

I love lightly used EPs. We've been in several & there's always something unique & marvelous about them.

Thankfully... The 80+ Walleye, and 30+ Perch definitely was a crazy experience.

PaddleAway: "I don't have any data, but I can't imagine #7, Big Lake, gets much traffic at all. Going in on Big Lake allows you three choices: one limits you to LaPond & Big Rice, both shallow potholes with no fish, two brings you to the awful 580 rod portage to Hook Lake, or three cutting east into Big Moose with 140 & 480 rod portages.

We were there an August a few years back & it didn't look like the campsite on LaPond had been used in eons. But the wolves & northern lights made the trip.

I love lightly used EPs. We've been in several & there's always something unique & marvelous about them. "

LaPond and Big Rice do indeed have fish. Both have northerns with a few big ones swimming around. And believe it or not, LaPond has walleyes. Both great areas to be alone and spot moose.

egknuti: "

PaddleAway: "I don't have any data, but I can't imagine #7, Big Lake, gets much traffic at all. Going in on Big Lake allows you three choices: one limits you to LaPond & Big Rice, both shallow potholes with no fish, two brings you to the awful 580 rod portage to Hook Lake, or three cutting east into Big Moose with 140 & 480 rod portages.

We were there an August a few years back & it didn't look like the campsite on LaPond had been used in eons. But the wolves & northern lights made the trip.

I love lightly used EPs. We've been in several & there's always something unique & marvelous about them. "

LaPond and Big Rice do indeed have fish. Both have northerns with a few big ones swimming around. And believe it or not, LaPond has walleyes. Both great areas to be alone and spot moose. "

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