nctry_Ben wrote on Mar 12^th, 2010 at 4:39pm:

Hey Ben,
I have kicked around doing the wilderness waterway which winds it's way through the tangle of the ten thousand islands. They suggest 5 days to do it. Very little in the way of dry ground. They have platforms set up sporadically for you to camp on. Tides really have to be factored in. Go on a full or new moon in the winter and there might be as much as a 5 ft drop. That makes some of the "necked down areas" pretty swift. You better have it together, not much help out that way. Plus you better be good, I mean good, at route finding. It all looks the same. I have been fishing down there in a small flats type boat for over 20 years. Little by little I have gotten to know my way around and still get turned around once in a while. I like taking new people because after taking a 5 mile run you can read their mind........"are you sure you can get us back out of here?" (insert evil laugh as I feign confusion)

There is also the big bend area which is pretty remote and looks interesting to me. One would need an ocean kayak for that trip. (that's all I need is another boat....)

Where are you getting your "canoe stories" about WCPP? I am badly wanting to go there. I like to plan so whatever info I can get my hands on is helpful. I am probably a few years away as it looks like I might of gotten my grade school buddy hooked on trippin and I will need to bring him up to speed with a few trips into the "Q" before taking a bigger bite.

kp, i'm not that hardcore just yet. i'll be flying up. gonna pack my tent, sleeping bag and fishing tackle in a checked suitcase.

i'd love to be able to bring more of my gear and food, but for the first trip, i'm gonna let seagull take care of that.

Never met a man or woman that once under the spell of Canoe Country that didn't become a little crazy... Some how some way.  Believe there have been one or two on this site that claimed they wish to be buried in their canoe?  Now that's crazy.... Why waste a perfectly good canoe?

Some of my more unpleasant experiences in the BWCA involve boy scouts (and their leaders).

These groups seem to routinely ignore the rule about group size.  I hope you or CJ -- or both -- at some point during this session stress the importance of "solitude" as such as it is in the BWCA, and teach leaders and scouts to respect others by being quiet, keeping their distance from others, and keeping their groups small. (at least within the rules).

prouboy

OK. i have sent in my border permit request..... just got in my first order of lures (amazing how small the box with 50$ of lures inside is).... been reading 2 books on Quetico and BWCA fishing... and plan on setting the tent up this weekend.

now if July would hurry and get here.