Hi, Liberator. 

The above advice is right on...the Beymer books are well worth having in the home library....even after years of caneoing the BWCA, I still refer them now and then...in fact, I was at REI in Mnpls, and my son noticed a new edition is out...I wonder if there's been many changes...

As for fishing, I also prefer smallmouth and northerns (and lakers on the right lakes)...walleyes I get by accident.  If you're looking at a Quetico trip, I can second Tim's suggestion of the S-Chain to Yum-Yum.  Did that route with my son last July...in a word, the fishing all over was fantastic.

As for a BWCA trip, I'm partial to Lac La Croix using EP14 or 16 (I've done both heading up to fish LLC and Lady Boot Bay).  Since you're using an outfitter, you could simply head downstream on the Little Indian Sioux (EP14), paddle up and around LLC (great fishing all the way up and around 41st Island to Lady Boot)...then go through the Narrows (more great fishing) and then thru Boulder Bay upstream to EP16 on the Moose River (very easy paddle).  The only problem on LLC would be the wind, but with 7 days you could afford a wind day or two.  I have fished the smaller interior lakes in this area, but I was spoiled by LLC...as for other groups, you'll see some the first/last day near either EP, but we saw very few on LLC and Lady Boot... and the scenery all along this route is simply exceptional...When I do eventually get back to BWCA, it'll be the LLC area, perhaps extending the trip a few days to hit Iron Lake and western part of Crooked...

BTW, when I paddled these routes, it was with an old 16' Old Towne Camper and we didn't have any problems with either trip...don't know how it compares to paddling a 14' Wenonah Fisherman....

If you'd like any more detailed info, send a PM...good luck and Happy New Year!

Rich.