New member to this site. Been living in Iowa since 1984. Started canoeing on Sugar Creek in Crawfordsville, IN back in mid 70's. My wife's dad introduced me to the BWCA/Quetico in 1979. I have been to Quetico every year from 1979 to 2019. I thoroughly enjoy paddling and fishing in Quetico. I did my first BWCA trip over the 4th of July 2020 as Covid 19 closed the Canadian border. A real bummer. But, I had a lot of fun paddling and fishing Lac la Croix with 2 buddies. I retired June 5th after 41 years in agricultural chemical business and a 2 week trip up north was a great way to start off retirement.
I am primarily a walleye fisherman. My moniker is Wally13 ... as I am searching for that elusive 13 pound walleye. I grew up in Connecticut and fished a lot with my brothers for stripers, bluefish and flounder in Long Island Sound. And occasionally for shark. It was a bit of an adjustment catching smaller freshwater 20 inch walleye and 18 inch small mouth that I would be using as bait back home in Connecticut. But light tackle has made walleye and smallie fishing by canoe in Quetico a lot of fun. Catching a 40+ inch northern in my 16 foot solo Bell Magic really gets me going.
Here are some fish pics. 30 inch Lake Trout I caught trolling 40 feet deep over 100 feet of water, smallie, night fishing walleye.
I enjoy both solo tripping and group tripping. Nothing better than the comaraderie with my buds when tripping.
Looking forward to reading posts on canoetripping.net. I have to say that learned a lot from fellow paddlers from around the country over the years.
I am primarily a walleye fisherman. My moniker is Wally13 ... as I am searching for that elusive 13 pound walleye. I grew up in Connecticut and fished a lot with my brothers for stripers, bluefish and flounder in Long Island Sound. And occasionally for shark. It was a bit of an adjustment catching smaller freshwater 20 inch walleye and 18 inch small mouth that I would be using as bait back home in Connecticut. But light tackle has made walleye and smallie fishing by canoe in Quetico a lot of fun. Catching a 40+ inch northern in my 16 foot solo Bell Magic really gets me going.
Here are some fish pics. 30 inch Lake Trout I caught trolling 40 feet deep over 100 feet of water, smallie, night fishing walleye.
I enjoy both solo tripping and group tripping. Nothing better than the comaraderie with my buds when tripping.
Looking forward to reading posts on canoetripping.net. I have to say that learned a lot from fellow paddlers from around the country over the years.