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mastertangler Inukshuk Offline Posts: 3111 Location: florida Joined: Feb 1^st, 2010	Basswood ponderings Apr 24^th, 2012 at 11:43am	Quote Print Post
	I'm booked, no second guessing..........entry aug 6 PP. Think I will take a little tour of Basswood. The goal is to follow the shoreline around the entire lake. Zero portaging. Plop out a taildancer and watch the land slide by.......Hopefully Scott Smith will have the ride done by then and wind and waves will be less of a concern. I have been in North bay and on the American side in Back Bay but never in Pipestone or Jackfish. I can't help but wonder what sort of depth of water.........shallow and weedy or deep and rocky? Been there done that? What can I expect? Thanks.......


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BillConner Inukshuk Offline Posts: 665 Location: Thousand Islands Joined: Apr 12^th, 2010	Re: Basswood ponderings Reply #1 - Apr 24^th, 2012 at 11:56am	Quote Print Post
	Sounds like fun. Will you do both US and Canadian sides? Thinking of all the luxuries you can carry.


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mastertangler Inukshuk Offline Posts: 3111 Location: florida Joined: Feb 1^st, 2010	Re: Basswood ponderings Reply #2 - Apr 24^th, 2012 at 1:15pm	Quote Print Post
	BillConner wrote on Apr 24^th, 2012 at 11:56am: Sounds like fun. Will you do both US and Canadian sides? Thinking of all the luxuries you can carry. Well the plan Bill is to follow the shorelines and cover every nook and cranny and circumnavigate the lake without taking any portages. Should add up to several miles. Try and get the Popeye forearms back . Curious as to wether I will blow through Pipestone and Jackfish or will I want to take them slowly. Shallow water in August means poor fishing.......... American side.......might be topos come to think of it.


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BillConner Inukshuk Offline Posts: 665 Location: Thousand Islands Joined: Apr 12^th, 2010	Re: Basswood ponderings Reply #3 - Apr 25^th, 2012 at 11:31am	Quote Print Post
	I've been interested in the Merriams and the stretch between North and Ranger Bays. One year with an extra day whne we reached North Bay on way out through PP, we skipped Burke and paddled around Canadian Point. Preety, different, and few camp sites relatively.


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Mad_Mat Inukshuk Offline Posts: 1548 Joined: Apr 21^st, 2003	Re: Basswood ponderings Reply #4 - Apr 25^th, 2012 at 12:34pm	Quote Print Post
	So, old bushwhacker onto posted property........ your logistics are lookin a bit "funny" with a Prairie Portage permit. Or do you have BWCA overnight entry permit also ? travel along the border useing either side for portaging is legal - I don't think moving deep into Pipestone Bay is without a BWCA permit in hand - certainly camping on US side would not be.


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jjcanoeguide Inukshuk Offline Posts: 309 Location: Frisco, TX Joined: Jun 20^th, 2007	Re: Basswood ponderings Reply #5 - Apr 25^th, 2012 at 2:52pm	Quote Print Post
	I'd also add that if you are in North Bay without a Quetico permit, you may be hassled if you run into a ranger.


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db Web-lackey Inukshuk Voyageur Offline Posts: 5460 Location: Just off the beaten path. Joined: Sep 14^th, 2002	Re: Basswood ponderings Reply #6 - Apr 25^th, 2012 at 4:00pm	Quote Print Post
	Good points. What about picking up a BW permit and an MN fishing license as well? What's that like an extra like, what $50 bucks tops? I don't think you need to register out of state canoes when you bring your own into MN these days. (No real clue there though.) Might consider an RABC to go back and forth? Yeeesh, seems like too darn many rules when you play the border and switch sides a lot eh? A few portages really don't sound all that bad compared to anticipating all the possible legal scenarios not to mention wind issues.


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wally Inukshuk Offline Posts: 1987 Location: Minni-soda Joined: Apr 3^rd, 2003	Re: Basswood ponderings Reply #7 - Apr 25^th, 2012 at 4:22pm	Quote Print Post
	Legal, schmegal. Do it.


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db Web-lackey Inukshuk Voyageur Offline Posts: 5460 Location: Just off the beaten path. Joined: Sep 14^th, 2002	Re: Basswood ponderings Reply #8 - Apr 25^th, 2012 at 5:12pm	Quote Print Post
	wally wrote on Apr 25^th, 2012 at 4:22pm: Legal, schmegal. Do it. There are a few things in life I've learned the hard way not to trifle with. In no particular order: The IRS. (Guilty until proven innocent. Arrrrgh.) Customs. (Yes sir! No sir! Thank you sir! I'm sorry. You are absolutely correct sir... You have a nice day now too.) My wife. ( I love you too dear.) Ma Nature. ( I'll take my chances with her over the others any day because it's never personal with her. It just is what it is.)


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Jim J Solo Inukshuk Offline Posts: 1195 Location: Fort Wayne, IN Joined: Apr 6^th, 2007	Re: Basswood ponderings Reply #9 - Apr 25^th, 2012 at 5:48pm	Quote Print Post
	db wrote on Apr 25^th, 2012 at 4:00pm: I don't think you need to register out of state canoes when you bring your own into MN these days. (No real clue there though.) Not if you have a state license on your boat already, i.e. Ohio, Ill. But if you come from a "free state" like Indiana where they don't ask you to license canoes,,,MN requires you to license it with them,,,last I heard. Just another reason for me to go to Q. "License? We don't need no stink'n license!"


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