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Apr 26th, 2010 at 4:08am
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That is my query... I would like to respectfully witness some Caribou and experience some fine Laker fishing. If PM work better thats fine, I guess.
  
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Reply #1 - Apr 26th, 2010 at 4:35am
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Adventure Lake had the best and easiest lake trout fishing I have ever experienced. Aegean was a close second. And then there was this 34" walleye caught on Upper Kilbourn

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Reply #2 - Apr 26th, 2010 at 1:39pm
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We had both of those in excess at Jake Lake.
  
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Reply #3 - Apr 26th, 2010 at 2:20pm
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We caught lakers pretty easily on both Aegean & Wrist.  On Wrist Lake, there is a small island adjacent & just west of the big island in the north central part section of the lake where there was clear evidence of woodland caribou activity (probably calving a month or so earlier).   Kingfisher's bloodied & much beat-up party camped on that big island just after "escaping" from fire-ravaged Adventure & JigSaw lakes due west of Wrist Lake.  None of us saw the caribou, just their droppings.

The park office can provide you with a booklet that is jam-packed with useful maps detailing canoe routes, caribou activity, and fish productivity by species & lake.  You should also be able to access this information in pdf form on-line.  If I remember, I will post a link to the information when I get back to my home computer (I have it stored in my "favorites").  Other than talking to experts like Supt. Doug, Asst. Supt. Claire, Martin Kehoe, or Albert at Goldseekers, I can think of no better way to plan a WCPP "dream route" than to use the great info in their booklet to set your course.

I haven't had time to search the forum but something tells me that the link I'm speaking of may already be referenced in one of the other WCP threads.

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Reply #4 - Apr 26th, 2010 at 2:41pm
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Thats one huge walleye !!! Biggest I have seen or heard of in these parts. That smile is also on the large size...with good reason.

There are a number of good laker spots - Adventure, Broken Arrow, Upper Kilburn, Bulging, Haggart, Aegean...to name a few.  I once hit Adventure on one of those "every other cast" days. It was about 2 weeks after ice out - sunny day, a  small breeze, black flies were just starting to introduce themselves...it was great !

Now you want to mix that with seeing a caribou...well that's a little harder to guarantee. Within the next 4 weeks caribou will be calving, so it is a sensitive time for them.  Traditionally the south end of the park has been the best bet for running into a caribou and as luck would have it that is where the most of the lake trout lakes are located. A 5 - 10 day trip would take you on a tour of great lake trout lakes and will also allow you a fair chance of bumping into a caribou. I'm only saying fair because it is a sensitive time as I mentioned and they are the most secretive at this time. One wrong move and the cows have put their calf in jeopardy.  Quiet travelling, close to shore will tend to hind you from animals on the other side, as opposed to travelling down the middle of the lake and standing out a bit more. So which shore to paddle - thats a flip of the coin!
  
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Reply #5 - Apr 26th, 2010 at 2:45pm
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go to the topic :detailed information re: wcpp, the link and directions is there.
  
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Reply #6 - Apr 26th, 2010 at 5:55pm
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Might want to hit Wrist Lake (in the same general area) as well.  Pretty good laker fishing and there are clearly Caribou in the area (so much so that we labeled one of the islands Caribou Island due to the amount of Caribou poop on it).  The lake is certainly deep enough for lakers, since my depth finder was pinging 300 ft with some degree of regularity in the south/central part of the lake.

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Reply #7 - Apr 26th, 2010 at 7:33pm
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Thanks for all the info. Have to get the old maps out Smiley

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I want the know how old that eye is-did ya check? From the ones that we caught and kept, which were all much smaller;  they only had bugs in their bellies. Sure are pretty though with that black back and gold flecking.
  
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Reply #8 - Apr 26th, 2010 at 8:01pm
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The truth is that walleye seemed old and tired. Not a big fight as you might expect and it had to be nursed a little during the release. In different circumstances that fish would be on someone's wall.
  
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Reply #9 - Apr 27th, 2010 at 11:43am
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Plan your dream route using the information contained in the Woodland Caribou Signature Site pdf's these links will take you to:
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They contain a ton of useful stuff.

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