mastertangler wrote on Jun 24^th, 2013 at 10:55pm:

starting to get pumped up........storm, down trees, bad portages......it all adds up to a bit of a mystery. This is exactly why I like catching big fish.......your never really sure of the outcome. Always a bit of a challenge. And so it will be in WCPP. I have a strong inclination that my choice of route is not oft used. I will ease about and see if it will go. I'm more concerned about the return leg than the way in. I'll take my bigger silky saw and clean up as much as I can so in case I need to to do an about face and return the way I came I can make some decent time. Never know when you will be turned back. And who knows........I might end up much as dd.........basecamping and doing some side trips. The thought is unappealing however after the long drive, the long winter getting in shape and the muskies waiting at the end of the line.

Yes.  You might just have to put up with such sub-standard fishing as this:

  (You need to Login or Register.  What was amazing about this fish was not so much the length, but the build ... obviously he had been eating well.

dd