Mad_Mat wrote on Sep 16^th, 2011 at 12:19pm:

its no wonder your knees blow out, what with all the fishing lures you must carry around

I know right? I'll never learn........

My first canoe trip into the boundary waters I know we had enough tackle to open a bait store. My partner was worried about sitting for long periods (back issues) so we did a route with lots of portaging. We spent all day going from pothole to pothole and carrying all this stuff.

It was late August and by the time we stopped and set up camp it was almost dark with hardly no time to fish. What a trip :-[. My feet fell apart with blisters and a bear swiped both our food packs. Basically a fiasco. But I learned a lot. The following year I picked up a solo (my buddy couldn't make it that year) and did the Hunters island route in the Q. Still my most meaningful trip.

I still bring a lot. 2 years ago on a basecamp trip to North bay I had 4 rods. As it worked out I was glad I had them as 2 rods went down almost immediately with eyelet issues. I have since settled on 2 rods and eyelet repair.

I am, however, sensing a shift in priorities. I still have unfinished business in WCP next summer and while I intend on fishing it will likely be done with only a handful of lures. "Dang the torpedos, full steam ahead"