BWCA Tackle Box - What to bring?
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07/15/18 04:38 PM
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Hi Guys.
I am going up to the BWCA and plan on doing some fishing for walleye, northerns, small mouth, and lake Trout. I have been up there before and have a pretty good idea of what to bring but here is the catch.... We are doing a lot of portaging and I will need to go as light as humanly possible.
So... I am only planning on bringing the bare minimum as far as tackle. What would be the essential things to catch the above named fish?
Brian
PS. I probably won't need to go out and buy anything due to fishing for the last 45 years.
Author of The Lure Hunter: A Guide to Finding Fishing Lures
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Re: BWCA Tackle Box - What to bring?
[Re: Green Bay]
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07/15/18 05:53 PM
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Jigs with twister tails, a couple of Rapala and a few spoons should meet your needs.
I have nothing clever to put here.
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Re: BWCA Tackle Box - What to bring?
[Re: Green Bay]
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07/15/18 07:18 PM
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We were up there the first week in June and #11 Rapalas and motor oil or green punkin tube jigs caught lots of smallmouth and pike. caught walleye on live bait and shadraps. Check out the fishing and everything else at www.bwca.com .
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Re: BWCA Tackle Box - What to bring?
[Re: Green Bay]
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07/15/18 09:21 PM
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I went in in the early 90's, we took all of the above plus 5lbs of leeches all the way to crooked lake.
Pure Blood
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Re: BWCA Tackle Box - What to bring?
[Re: 160user]
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07/15/18 09:53 PM
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Jigs with twister tails, a couple of Rapala and a few spoons should meet your needs. Yup. Maybe a mepps or two. Make sure you have enoug jigs, 1/8, 1/4, and 3/8 sizes. If you have not been there those lake bottoms are all craggily rock. Shore lines too. Your gonna go thru quite a few because if there not bouncing near or on the bottom their not doing their job. Dress up a jig and all fish will hit it in that country. There are not a lot of snags to worry about in those types of lakes, but you will be snapping off jigs stuck in the rocks. 8lb mono is a great choice for nearly everything. If your a good fisherman you may prefer 6lb for better feel. Good luck. Osky
"A womans heart is the hardest rock the Almighty has put on this earth, and I can find no sign on it" Jabless in Minnesota www.SureDockusa.com
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Re: BWCA Tackle Box - What to bring?
[Re: Green Bay]
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07/15/18 11:36 PM
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been a while since I was there but jigs in bright colors and worms and leaches
a bright color and a silver rapala with wire leaders and 2 buck tail spinners for northern
always ran 8 pound mono berkly xl and it is still my go to for mono but I have been playing with some 15# spider wire braid same size as 4# mono in diameter so you get a bunch on the reel and they are not kidding about 15 pounds , but also the feel of the light line you can feel a tiny tap tap, just be careful grabbing the line and pulling when you get hung up , it will cut into the hand it is so thin.
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Re: BWCA Tackle Box - What to bring?
[Re: Zim]
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07/18/18 09:36 PM
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Have at least one Zara Spook with you to fish top water for smallmouth at dusk, or as we used to call it the spooking hour. Walk the dog and have a blast.
Zim I took a tiny torpedo with for just such action in the evening, first cast a northern rolled up on it and it was gone...lol
Pure Blood
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Re: BWCA Tackle Box - What to bring?
[Re: Green Bay]
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07/18/18 11:20 PM
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I'm going up the 1st week of September, I'm gonna keep an eye on this post.
Tell me and I'll forget. Show me, and I may not remember. Involve me, and I'll understand.
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