A fishing story im jealous of

[Hilljackoutlaw]

We Canoed 200 Miles for the Best Walleye and Pike Fishing of Our Lives https://share.google/arlMtoUbwhmI9wMQU

 

[CRJR45]

I grew up reading that stuff and it made a huge impact on me . Great story .

 

[NoWiser]

I love that country up there. In my younger days my buddy and I would head up near Fort Frances. We’d get a local to drop us and our canoe off on some random lake way back in the bush and we’d find our way back over the course of a few days to a week. We’d bring a couple granola bars for each day and live off of fish and blueberries. Those were some of the best days of my life.

I remember one day vividly. Raining with temps in the 50s and we were bucking a crazy wind. Paddling was so difficult that staying warm was easy. We were soaked from rain, so just went shirtless. Apparently there must have been a fly-in outpost on this lake because we came around a point and found two guys, hunched over trying to stay warm, wearing every layer they had plus their rain jackets. It looked like they saw a ghost, watching two shirtless kids bucking whitecaps in a canoe paddling past them.

The dream back then was to paddle from Lake Superior to Hudson Bay via the BWCA, Rainy River, Winnipeg, and Nelson River. Then we had kids and got old. Such is life.

 

[Hilljackoutlaw]

I love that country up there. In my younger days my buddy and I would head up near Fort Frances. We’d get a local to drop us and our canoe off on some random lake way back in the bush and we’d find our way back over the course of a few days to a week. We’d bring a couple granola bars for each day and live off of fish and blueberries. Those were some of the best days of my life.

I remember one day vividly. Raining with temps in the 50s and we were bucking a crazy wind. Paddling was so difficult that staying warm was easy. We were soaked from rain, so just went shirtless. Apparently there must have been a fly-in outpost on this lake because we came around a point and found two guys, hunched over trying to stay warm, wearing every layer they had plus their rain jackets. It looked like they saw a ghost, watching two shirtless kids bucking whitecaps in a canoe paddling past them.

The dream back then was to paddle from Lake Superior to Hudson Bay via the BWCA, Rainy River, Winnipeg, and Nelson River. Then we had kids and got old. Such is life.

We took kayaks from northern PA into New York all the way to Pittsburgh once. It was easy floating. We wanted to go farther but we were young and dumb so small town bars depleted our funds quicker than expected. We did catch a load of fish tho. Musky, pike, smallmouth, trout, walleye, rock bass, and a hellbender.

 

[Gellar]

what an adventure! The folks in the BWCA would freak out doing 3 portages with 75 lbs each person each trip! A 40 lb tent, canned foods, a kicker motor and 12 gallons of gas! That area is mostly wilderness still to this day and the roads that are there are barely gravel in some areas.

 

[NoWiser]

what an adventure! The folks in the BWCA would freak out doing 3 portages with 75 lbs each person each trip! A 40 lb tent, canned foods, a kicker motor and 12 gallons of gas! That area is mostly wilderness still to this day and the roads that are there are barely gravel in some areas.

Two years in a row I carried a moose out of the BWCA. There were 3 of us each year. I think it was about 10 portages in. That’s a chore.

 

[Gellar]

Two years in a row I carried a moose out of the BWCA. There were 3 of us each year. I think it was about 10 portages in. That’s a chore.

Cherish those memories of sore muscles and backs as that will probably never happen again.