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Now you can find smallmouth bass on the Bloodvein River downstream from the Larus Lake outflow to the Artery Lake outflow. So that means Barclay Lake, Simeon Lake, Sabourin Lake and Marys Lake.  They have also been caught in Musclow and we are also hearing Thicketwod Lake.

Good to know.  When I get up there again I will have to be sure to route through these lakes.

I forgot about those muskies on Irregular.  My next muskie will be my first (never have targeted them and spend little time on lakes where they are present)...can't think of a better setting to catch one in, though!


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I have to say that we are not thrilled with this as we consider them an exotic and they will and have altered the natural fish communities present.

Yeah, I didn't figure anyone connected with fisheries management would be doing cartwheels over a non-native fish in any watershed, even a fish as fantastic as smallmouth.  To me, they add to the appeal of any trip I take, but then, they were introduced in the BW/Q so long ago that I have no idea what the fishery was like before them.

I guess that's a selling point for WCPP.  Most of it is free of exotics, I suppose.  Are those muskies naturally-occurring or were they another example of bucket biology?


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A dozen years ago!!!!....what are you waiting for?

Hmmm.  That's a good question.  I'm down to 1 canoe trip per year these days and the Q is familiar and close, yet still there remains a lot I haven't seen and want to see there.  Nevertheless, WCPP was a lot of fun.  I guess the farther away you get from something, the more "out of mind" it gets, to the point where I always have that next "Q" trip planned in my head.  

What I need to do is post a wall map of WCPP in my basement to go along with my Quetico wall map, so I can start dreaming my way back to WCPP!