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timatkn
12/27/2011 05:56PM
 
quote Stumpy:
20 years ago there was no "oven" but a fire site that was elavated, like a barbeque stand or an altar."



Love fire rings like that. Here is one on Basswood.





There seemed to be an evening bite on woodside and there is a reef straight north of the camp between a point and a small island. Caught some right from camp too. Has big fish potential.


T
 
Stumpy
12/27/2011 09:40AM
 
quote Widespreadpanic: "Quetico is teaming with great lakes like your asking for. I have a hunch that Woodside is good also."
I've camped on Woodside twice, with only moderate success.
I still think I just didn't find the spots.

You can find old trails with really old tree blazes & exit the lake from the Southeast, with minimal bushwhacking.
 
Widespreadpanic
11/04/2011 07:52PM
 
I have one fo sho but it is not in quetico, it is in the BWCA. E-mail me for the lake name.
 
walllee
11/04/2011 06:37PM
 
Thinking of hitting Quetico next season. Can anybody give me an idea on a secluded walleye lake that that can be fished in windy conditions? Want to stay away from crowds and do not mind hard long portages.
 
snakecharmer
11/09/2011 12:22PM
 
quote Old Hoosier: "Several were in the area and were fighting over "turf" as best we could tell. Would attack each other and do amazing aerial acrobatics to attack/defend in flight. Never knew huge birds could do stuff like that."
Sounds cool! What you may have witnessed was a male and female bald eagle in a courtship ritual. What time of year was it?
 
Old Hoosier
11/09/2011 12:00PM
 
Hey Pete,

Yup - made my day. I tend to forget the slime really quick if they pull hard enough!

We did well on 'eyes, too. And the bald eagles were putting on a show. Several were in the area and were fighting over "turf" as best we could tell. Would attack each other and do amazing aerial acrobatics to attack/defend in flight. Never knew huge birds could do stuff like that.

By the way - I found a nice little rock hump in the far east end of Badwater you might want to know about.

Did you get your fishfinder for your trip this year? How did it work?

Old Hoosier
 
Old Hoosier
11/07/2011 01:02PM
 
Wallee,


Send me an Email. I'll reply and give you several.


Old Hoosier
 
arctic
11/11/2011 08:24PM
 
No.
 
Jackfish
11/07/2011 01:21PM
 
quote Old Hoosier: "Wallee,

Send me an Email. I'll reply and give you several.

Old Hoosier "

Don't do it, Don. Don't do it. The place is nearly fished out as it is. :)
 
Widespreadpanic
11/07/2011 06:37PM
 
I'll give you one Quetico that I have not been to but have good info on. It is not small but is secluded. Joyce lake.


Quetico is teaming with great lakes like your asking for. I have a hunch that Woodside is good also.
 
Stumpy
12/27/2011 12:47PM
 
That's it timatkn.
I was in there about 4 years ago at the "oven" site. The best fishing I found was around the islands.
20 years ago there was no "oven" but a fire site that was elavated, like a barbeque stand or an altar.
 
salukiguy
11/10/2011 12:47PM
 
I have one also. Not sure on want to publish the name. It is small and you catch a walleye on alomost every cast. The walleyes are small too though. The portage trail was very faint but not long. You had to paddle through a lake trout lake to get to it. On the northern edge of the park.
 
Old Hoosier
11/10/2011 01:49PM
 
The bald eagle acrobatics occurred in Sept right after Labor Day. Is that their mating season?


Old Hoosier
 
Stumpy
12/27/2011 06:38PM
 
Nice fire pit !
& hey, don't get me wrong...we certainly caught dinner.
 
timatkn
12/27/2011 12:34PM
 
quote Stumpy: "quote Widespreadpanic: "Quetico is teaming with great lakes like your asking for. I have a hunch that Woodside is good also."
I've camped on Woodside twice, with only moderate success.
I still think I just didn't find the spots.


You can find old trails with really old tree blazes & exit the lake from the Southeast, with minimal bushwhacking."



Is that woodside near Agnes? With the oven for a fireplace? Was there in 2009. I didn't fish it hard but the litle we did it was good. Not hard to get in there either. I'd like to go back and spend a few days there working it over.


T
 
Old Hoosier
11/08/2011 12:59PM
 
Jackfish,

Don't worry - I was heading him west of your favorite lake.

By the way - while fishing your favorite "honey hole" this year, I bagged two pike in back to back casts at 42 and 38 inches. That's 70 inches of toothy slime in record time.

Hope you are doing well. :)

Old Hoosier
 
Jackfish
11/08/2011 01:08PM
 
quote Old Hoosier: "...I bagged two pike in back to back casts at 42 and 38 inches. That's 70 inches of toothy slime in record time. "
Nice! Those toothy critters made your afternoon, eh?