Planning a trip the 1st week in August for North Bay of Basswood.  It will be my dad, brother in law and 4 boys between the age of 12-14, it will be there 1st trip. Any recomendations for campsites, day trips, fishing advise, or spots to get out of wind if needed.
Thanks

While Hayley and North can get rough, it was my first trip, as 1 of 2 adult leaders and 4 Scouts in the 13-14 age range, and it was fine. Like everywhere, generally calmer earlier. I've been across them many times since, often with first timers, and look forward to going again.

There are a number of great sites. I especially like the one in North East corner of North, just to west of route to South, with cove and point.

My question is with a week, why not travel some? Kashapiwi is just a day away. A loop through Trant back to North is a classic. Or head east, the boys would love Louisa Falls.

Best wishes.

I have been there multiple times. You want to be on Cigar Island. There are two camp sites. One on the East and one on the West. They both are just granite so pick your rock. You can canoe in morning and catch huge walleyes and 5 pound small mouths. But then you can catch 12 pound Lake Trout from shore. You need to pick up some Cisco fish in Ely, MN. You rig a treble hook and sliding sinker and drop them in about 70 feet of water. Then you kick back on shore. I would like to send you pictures of the fish we have caught in North Bay but I am not familiar with this site. My email is tbutler86@gmail.com. I am an Iron Ranger, the Mesabi Iron Range. I grew up with BWCA out my back door

Old Salt wrote on Sep 18^th, 2016 at 7:21pm:

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Great advice. Unfortunately, it is illegal now to use ciscoes in Canada. Spot on, otherwise.