Old Salt wrote on Apr 12^th, 2015 at 10:58pm:

Unfortunately, due to the environmental disaster that occurred late last year, there are no fish in the Q. So, there's no reason to fish there. The good news is that you won't need to pack any heavy, bulky fishing tackle, nor will fish interrupt your travel. Park management anticipates that users will report improved experiences due to no fish kills at campsites. Bears will avoid contact with campers due to a renewed focus on berries. I really hate being the bearer of bad news, but look on the bright side. Politically incorrect fishermen are still welcomed in the bwcaw as that area was untouched. Environmentalists estimate recovery could take 50 years or more.

Egads, this development sounds more ominous - by far - than even the infamous & fabled Belgian Birch Bark Beetle infestation that devastated Jean Lake and its environs nearly a decade ago!  As I recall, it was actually the stuff they sprayed on those danged beetles (versus the foliage actually destroyed by beetles) that was the real problem.   I still have the "twitches" from when I paddled within a couple miles of Jean Lake and got "exposed" a few years ago.

Yet another reason to make the long trek further northward to WCPP. 

Furthermore, aren't those green army worms due to reappear in the Q sometime soon too?

It appears that plagues of Biblical proportions are upon us.  Somebody better start repenting on behalf of us all real soon......

Jimbo   8-)