Boundary waters in Minn. Info

[biggw]

>If you take a weeklong trip and basically use complete
>outfitting from the outfitter - ie canoe, tent, packs,
>stove, food, etc., it would probably cost about $650 each.
>This does not include travel cost getting to Ely or the
>Gunflint Trail.
Hey guys an gals learn how to fish your on waters and keep the money in your state.Hell for that kind of money you could have some great days of your life with dave at ky lake...lol sorry just the way i look at things--great fishing to all

[biggw]

>>If you take a weeklong trip and basically use complete
>>outfitting from the outfitter - ie canoe, tent, packs,
>>stove, food, etc., it would probably cost about $650 each.
>>This does not include travel cost getting to Ely or the
>>Gunflint Trail.
>Hey guys an gals learn how to fish your on waters and keep
>the money in your state.Hell for that kind of money you
>could have some great days of your life with dave at ky
>lake...lol sorry just the way i look at things--great
>fishing to all --sorry > that is own water lol

[know1]

That's kind of juvenile. I suppose your boat, rods and all of your tackle were made in Kentucky as well as everything else you own? Do you go on vacations ever? What's the difference?

Heck, why expand the boundary that much? Let's just spend our money ONLY in our own hometowns while we're at it. Or maybe just on our own streets.

[GeoFisher]

Not only juvenile......I cannot duplicate the type and quality fishing I get in the Boundary Waters ANYWHERE around here. Sure, I can catch some decent smallies at Dale and KY lake, but Nothing like 50 - 100 fish DAYS every day...AND By the way, I had a day on Saganagons lake (Quetico), a few years ago where we caught 38 smallies over 3lbs, and 7 were over 4lbs. Do that around here. To top that, I have a couple of buddies that AVERAGED 200 fish a day last year, and caught OVER 400 smallies in 1 DAY.

As far as costs.......I usually outfit myself, so we can keep the cost REALLY down. It usually costs about $500.00 for a Canadian trip, and about $300.00 for a US trip. This includes all licenses, food, gas, canoe rentals, etc.....

Later,

Geo

[thebassman30]

Well Geo....I recall it being an average of 250 per day....but it's all nuts. I also recall inviting several folks on this board who couldn't get their crap together. We had a trip of a lifetime.

As for the 7 lbers. I spoke with Mary and Harry Landreth? who guide Jerry McGinnis, Bob Knight, Rick Clunn and the list of celebs goes on. They have only caught like 29 fish over 7 lbs in over 40+ years of guiding. These are the folks that are guiding in Quetico almost exclusively and they wack them. The curious part about these 29 is that they caught them all in the fall when they are feeding up on Ciscos. They told me that they can never catch them that big in the Spring because they don't have time to fill out in the front and tail area. Plus they are getting busy with their short spawning season.

So with that being said, your day of catching 3 over 7 needs to be examined very closely. Did you weight them with multiple digital scales? Not a spring loaded analog scale or anything else. Also, I've talked to multiple fishermen over the years and never heard a story like this. For most old timers that have gone up for years, fishing live bait and everything, the largest fish they've ever caught was just over 7. Add to that, the fish is probably nearly 35+ years old and died after being caught.

I want to be clear the I'm not questioning your integrity. I respect anyone who's willing to paddle and portage their way to the best smallmouth fishing on the planet....hands down especially to Crooked. I will email you directly to discuss this amazing day with you.

[biggw]

Hey fishrgurl lets be nice. lol