Re: Best lures and lakes ?? BWCA
[Re: shanemoss]
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02/26/21 10:22 AM
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When are you going? My favorite changes every time I go. Was on Stuart and iron last spring and walleye hit anything you cast. I caught some on flies in 8 fow. Caught some nice pike as well. In the summer, I went to big moose and stayed a week hammering smallmouth with some giants. Best they hit that week was rattle traps in dull colors. I remove the hooks, run the line through the eye and thru the rear hook eye and tie on the hook. It lets the bait slide up the line when they jump. Helps with hook throws, don’t tear up their face or mouth, and much easier and safer to release.
Fall, I went in on baker #39 and went all the way up to north temperance. Couldnt buy a bite till south temperance. It was still slow but I caught one good walleye, and the rest were small. I tried trolling, jigging, drifting, bottom fishing, you name it. Very tough. Seen four moose starting at Peterson and on north.
It was cold and rainy that week in October so probably slower everywhere. I couldn’t go till June first this year but I’m going back to Stuart for a couple days. I have a pma permit starting the third so I’m gonna camp on sterling for 3 days and then who knows. I may go east toward bear trap or backtrack to Stuart and go Northrop iron. I have 10 days. Seriously, I’ve caught fish on literally everytng. Just a matter of finding them. A lot of those lakes are featureless. Like a big bathtub. I like to troll crank baits to find fish and then I just keep drifting over that spot jigging. You may have to add weight to get trolled baits deep enough.
The later in he year, the deeper they are. I want to take some live bait but that trip to the Stuart river is a bear. Not to mention how tough it could be in the pma. Every time I go in summer, the flies have been brutal. I try to camp on a point where there’s wind in my face and it seemed to help. I also carry a screen house to sleep in. Last summer I had it draped over my boat while I drifted. Well worth 15 bucks and weighs almost nothing. I want to target Lakers and go soon after ice out. I been told they can be found in shallow till it starts warming up. What screen house are you referring to?
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Re: Best lures and lakes ?? BWCA
[Re: 330-Trapper]
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02/26/21 10:30 PM
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No, I use a hammock with a net on it already, or my single backpacking tent/bivy. I hang it near the fire and keep my chair and gear in it. Depends on where I’m at, but sometimes I hang it near the water so I can chill out and watch my poles. I carry one on every trip I take and just keep one in all my packs. Skeeters don’t bother me. I only actually use it when the flies are out bad. Last summer on big moose lake, black flies were horrible. I threw that thing over us in the canoe and held it up and open with fishing poles and a limb from shore. Sure made it peaceful drifting that big lake.
When you earnestly believe you can compensate for a lack of skill by doubling your efforts, there's no end to what you can't do.
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Re: Best lures and lakes ?? BWCA
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02/27/21 12:32 AM
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It was the busiest I’ve seen it. The rangers said the same and were (This word is unacceptable on Trapperman) about all the law breakers trashing things up and chopping trees down. I chose Stuart lake because of how tough it can be to reach. 1-1/2 mile portage from the parking lot deters some folks and then I think there are 7 more portages that ain’t much fun. I stayed 3 days with only two campers before I headed to iron lake. Seen a few up there as well. I stayed at Stuart again on my way out and I got the last available site right at dark.
That’s the reason I reserved a pma permit. Only one permit at a time will assure solitude if you get in far enough to hold back day trippers. Where I’m going looks like a tough go after the first lake where the no trail portage begins. According to dnr, should be tons of walleye and all mine for four days until my pma permit expires and I have to get out and back to the regular bwca. After reading the above post it reminded me of shad raps. Deep diving shad raps were killer fishing from shore. I find a long shore or beach and beach my canoe and walk the shore slinging shad raps. I caught some of the biggest perch I ever caught doing that. Pike love them to. Only color shad raps I own are fire tiger so I can’t advise any other colors than that. I fish spoons a lot and I can say without a doubt....for me anyway....that the red and white daredevil will get more hits than fire tiger or any other colors I’ve used.
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Re: Best lures and lakes ?? BWCA
[Re: shanemoss]
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03/01/21 01:24 PM
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When are you going? My favorite changes every time I go. Was on Stuart and iron last spring and walleye hit anything you cast. I caught some on flies in 8 fow. Caught some nice pike as well. In the summer, I went to big moose and stayed a week hammering smallmouth with some giants. Best they hit that week was rattle traps in dull colors. I remove the hooks, run the line through the eye and thru the rear hook eye and tie on the hook. It lets the bait slide up the line when they jump. Helps with hook throws, don’t tear up their face or mouth, and much easier and safer to release.
Fall, I went in on baker #39 and went all the way up to north temperance. Couldnt buy a bite till south temperance. It was still slow but I caught one good walleye, and the rest were small. I tried trolling, jigging, drifting, bottom fishing, you name it. Very tough. Seen four moose starting at Peterson and on north.
It was cold and rainy that week in October so probably slower everywhere. I couldn’t go till June first this year but I’m going back to Stuart for a couple days. I have a pma permit starting the third so I’m gonna camp on sterling for 3 days and then who knows. I may go east toward bear trap or backtrack to Stuart and go Northrop iron. I have 10 days. Seriously, I’ve caught fish on literally everytng. Just a matter of finding them. A lot of those lakes are featureless. Like a big bathtub. I like to troll crank baits to find fish and then I just keep drifting over that spot jigging. You may have to add weight to get trolled baits deep enough.
The later in he year, the deeper they are. I want to take some live bait but that trip to the Stuart river is a bear. Not to mention how tough it could be in the pma. Every time I go in summer, the flies have been brutal. I try to camp on a point where there’s wind in my face and it seemed to help. I also carry a screen house to sleep in. Last summer I had it draped over my boat while I drifted. Well worth 15 bucks and weighs almost nothing. I want to target Lakers and go soon after ice out. I been told they can be found in shallow till it starts warming up. Would you recommend the Dive to lures? DT10', DT16' etc... right now I have all DT 4's
Last edited by 330-Trapper; 03/01/21 01:32 PM.
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