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PhantomJug Voyageur Inukshuk Offline Posts: 2855 Location: 1/2 way there Joined: Feb 12^th, 2003	Ahhhh . . . yeah. It's aproximately like that. Jun 26^th, 2011 at 3:33pm	Quote Print Post
	Obviously I cannot disprove any of this but I only believe about half of this story. Guess which half. (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links)


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alanfine Inukshuk Offline Posts: 76 Location: denver Joined: Jun 25^th, 2003	Re: Ahhhh . . . yeah. It's aproximately like that. Reply #1 - Jun 26^th, 2011 at 4:35pm	Quote Print Post
	Wow! hope they left a few for the rest of us. alan


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DentonDoc Moderator Inukshuk Offline Posts: 3468 Location: Central Texas Joined: Dec 27^th, 2003	Re: Ahhhh . . . yeah. It's aproximately like that. Reply #2 - Jun 26^th, 2011 at 5:55pm	Quote Print Post
	Like most fish stories, I suspect it "improved" with the telling. I've had a couple of 2 hours slots where I was catching either walleye or smallies at a rate of 20 per hour (or better). Alas, it didn't last all day. dd


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Old Salt Inukshuk Offline Posts: 4871 Location: Crossville, TN Joined: Jun 17^th, 2004	Re: Ahhhh . . . yeah. It's aproximately like that Reply #3 - Jun 26^th, 2011 at 6:21pm	Quote Print Post
	Copyright infringement!!! I'm gonna sue their socks... Those guys stole my true story!!
	« Last Edit: Jun 27^th, 2011 at 1:51am by Old Salt »

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PhantomJug Voyageur Inukshuk Offline Posts: 2855 Location: 1/2 way there Joined: Feb 12^th, 2003	Re: Ahhhh . . . yeah. It's aproximately like that Reply #4 - Jun 26^th, 2011 at 7:52pm	Quote Print Post
	So many questions . . . It's not hard to guess that they presumably enter at Nym and head south. 20 miles would get them to Jesse and be relatively consistent with the portage description. Maybe they get into Oriana & Walter. Things still don't match up with the travel description further down in the story. The number of fish caught is simply delusion and embellishment. I love this line . . . Quote: Riley latches onto a northern pike at least 40 inches long and broad across the back. He plays it to the canoe, where he suggests that his partner, Christensen, land it for him. Christensen reaches for the pike, then thinks better of it. “That’s not safe,” he says, staring down the maw of the pike. And this one Quote: We keep no walleyes for supper that night because we’ve packed rice and Polish sausage. But the pot it’s cooking in falls off the small campstove, emptying our supper into the forest duff. We improvise a dinner of grilled cheese sandwiches, salvaging some of the rice dish, now garnished with jackpine needles. I know I would prefer polish sausage over fresh walleye.
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zski Inukshuk Offline Posts: 447 Location: IL Joined: Sep 30^th, 2010	Re: Ahhhh . . . yeah. It's aproximately like that. Reply #5 - Jun 27^th, 2011 at 12:02am	Quote Print Post
	1 portage for every 1.17 miles of paddling?


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PhantomJug Voyageur Inukshuk Offline Posts: 2855 Location: 1/2 way there Joined: Feb 12^th, 2003	Re: Ahhhh . . . yeah. It's aproximately like that Reply #6 - Jun 27^th, 2011 at 12:24am	Quote Print Post
	Exactly zski. Look, I'm not banging on someones trip - I've read and heard worse. I also know that some of your first trips to Quetico are absolutely amazing and have a way of skewing your view of reality but when these types of stories are made public they don't help. Last fall I found a trip report on another forum by a regular poster around here (at that time) which sounded a lot like this one. I sent him a polite PM and asked him to clarify some of his statements (and why he didn't post it on QJ). He never got back with me and I haven't seen a post of his around here since. Quetico is a fantastic fishery no doubt and I too have had fantastic days of fishing but these guys account is just fantasy. Anyway, this is again a great reminder why quietjourney.com is simply THE BEST and honest source for quetico information. I wish I could pay db a living wage to operate this site.
	« Last Edit: Jun 27^th, 2011 at 7:11pm by PhantomJug »

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Snow_Dog Voyageur Inukshuk Offline Posts: 1858 Location: Twin Cities Joined: Jul 11^th, 2003	Re: Ahhhh . . . yeah. It's aproximately like that Reply #7 - Jun 27^th, 2011 at 2:50am	Quote Print Post
	Seriously...who counts that high anyway? I lose count after about 10 or so and I have to think about it a bit to even get that far. Maybe it's because I wear shoes. What is the point of a fish tally anyway? Either you had fun or you didn't, right? And if you aren't having fun, time to do something else. I've had some incredible days of fishing but I couldn't even begin to say how many fish I caught. I spent one afternoon on McKenzie where I almost got bored from catching too many walleye too easily...it was time to go fish a different place using a different method. The thrill dies quickly if it's TOO easy.


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db Web-lackey Inukshuk Voyageur Offline Posts: 5460 Location: Just off the beaten path. Joined: Sep 14^th, 2002	Re: Ahhhh . . . yeah. It's aproximately like that Reply #8 - Jun 27^th, 2011 at 6:48am	Quote Print Post
	Honestly, I've done trips with a lot of different people over the years. I could see a few of them writing something like this or something like the now infamous T. Ted whine type article. Times are still tough and people still believe things they see in print. You get paid for print and all the fact-checkers got laid off years ago it seems. Personally the four, mile long portages ... yadda yadda ... who knows? Ya gotta wonder why sometimes too. Perhaps I'm just getting old and missed a portage or didn't stoop to pick up a little nugget ... somewhere.


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db Web-lackey Inukshuk Voyageur Offline Posts: 5460 Location: Just off the beaten path. Joined: Sep 14^th, 2002	Re: Ahhhh . . . yeah. It's aproximately like that. Reply #9 - Jun 27^th, 2011 at 6:57am	Quote Print Post
	TIKOKAN, ONTARIO Wait. Yeah!


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