Hi Johnny.

How's about a trip report from you!
I know you got lots of pics....but got none of my duct tape....eh?  Sorry for the acusation.

Nice color.....since you brought it up....was in the Paul Bunyan last night.  Took my revolver up there to shoot.  Ended up never unholstering it....shot pictures instead....color was fantastic.

Give us a trip report monjon.  I know you'been up this year.

Kevin !  I only have one roll of duct tape in my gear.  Must be that your packing still really happens the last night before you leave.

Nice report.  Really like the colors in  the Trafalgar Bay photos.

But glad I never broke any bones when you were taking care of me !  Monjon

Inspirational!

Thanks OS and Beav....

Summer...I have no idea?  But I bet the spring fishing is good....the oldtimer at the N portage told me that when he began tripping into N. Light 40 years ago..."there were no walleye".  Trips were strictly for trout and pike.  He tells me that for some time now it's been a phenomenal walleye lake as well.

Use....I'd gather there's some as I found two fish camps easily enough.  They looked like the kinds of places that maybe see use 1-2X during the year....portages at Wantelto and N Light falls were easily marked.....not heavily used, but clearly used.


Either way....a MN outfitter can tow you well past where I dropped off....they can indeed take you all the way to the NE portage.....or to the rapids at Wantelto.  You nearly start your trip in N Light from the start.

Outfitter's driver tells me that there is some winter use....you can snowmobile right up to the NE portage at Sag....(via the BW "corridor rule")...I didn't clearly understand if you can drive your sled accross into LaVerendrye, or if you had to snowshoe/pulk it from there.  Outfitter has a newspaper article of their winter Lake Trout trips....they snowmobile up corridor to Canadian border....and walk into the Q, 2 miles pulling their gear....to Cache bay....and day fish through the ice for Lakers.....pull back to the border and their sleds....and drive back home.   Even has pics of it on the wall.

Should you care to.....N Light can be reached by about 2 hours of dirt/backroads...you follow, after crossing the border, N of Grand Portage.  Seemed quicker to me to reach it by way of Gunflint.  Retrospectivly....it's a "wash".  The Gunflint has it's own drawbacks.

Gee...Wally....a guy just likes to camp sometimes without worryin' about a busted bone and stuff.

The Beav

Wally,

I'm enjoying your story. Sorry about rubbing it in. It was just too funny. Reminded me of a few of the things I've forgotten. Any idea of how crowded this area gets in June-July?

wally...

Thanks Solo....I had a blast!  Agree.....thinking Fenwick might provide a new one!  (or they might laugh!)  I usually toss in a couple of old junkers....don't care if they break.  I cringed as I grabbed my fenwick on the way out the door, the junkers were nowhere in sight....I was late, didn't pre-plan...and didn't know where my rodpack was without another 30 minute delay......

Story of my life...."be prepared!"

TENT PEGS!!!....now you're the one with the brains!  I only had 20 of 'em!...or only 6....yeah.....monjon must have swiped those too!

Duct tape and aluminum tent pegs...I bet I could have hauled in a 20 lb Laker!

After further review of your emergency orthopedic procedure, I think you should of made a complete break of the "bone", and inserted a wood dowel, whittled to size into each piece, assuming rod blank is hollow at break, THEN redo the splint?
Perhaps sacrifice 2 tent pegs for splint instead of the sticks. IF  that doesn't work, take a couple of Smirnoff's and self medicate until you feel better

"The End is Near" I thought as I listened to rain all night and on past 7AM.  Heading out I was.....(I didn't understand the addage of "rain at 7....clear by 11")!

Threw all the wet stuff in the bow....and paddled off towards the corridor.....And indeed the 15 mph steady NW were awaiting me....again about an half-hour of hair-raising whitecaps....I did switch the GPS over to "speed" and at one point I was holding over 5 mph...steady.... solo.

Burn area of the East Corridor for those who haven't been up since the burn....
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and at last the entrance to the Seagull river.....hot shower awaits...
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Maybe again in another 3 years.....?