Northwoods
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I took a short winter camping trip to chase some BWCA lake trout this past weekend. We slept in our portable fish houses. I’ve winter camped a number of different ways; hot tent, cold tent, and no tent. The portable fish house with a cot and buddy heater was the most comfortable I’ve ever been. I just had to take my hand out of my sleeping bag to start the heater and warm the tent up before getting out of my sleeping bag. I think a portable fish house would work great for late fall hunts.
We didn’t catch too many fish but enough for a fish fry and I released one big fish that ended up being my biggest lake trout of the winter. I caught it on a tip-up so I got to hand line it. I love hand lining big trout. It’s getting to be a lost skill with all the fancy new ice fishing equipment.
We didn’t catch too many fish but enough for a fish fry and I released one big fish that ended up being my biggest lake trout of the winter. I caught it on a tip-up so I got to hand line it. I love hand lining big trout. It’s getting to be a lost skill with all the fancy new ice fishing equipment.