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TomT Inukshuk Offline Posts: 1052 Location: Chicago Burbs Joined: Aug 26^th, 2007	Boundary Waters Journal Stu Feeds Eagles Oct 7^th, 2017 at 11:31am	Quote Print Post
	Just read his account of releasing a 19 inch smallie that lingered on the top a bit and was plucked out of the water and carried away. Wow. I would love to be able to do a trip with him sometime. Has anyone here been a client of his before?


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portage dog Inukshuk Offline Posts: 533 Location: Virginia Joined: Oct 26^th, 2010	Re: Boundary Waters Journal Stu Feeds Eagles Reply #1 - Oct 9^th, 2017 at 6:57pm	Quote Print Post
	No, but I've ran into him twice on the water! Both times were late July/early August up around the Conmee/Williams area. Seemed to be in a bit of a hurry both times. When you portage as much stuff as he packs, I don't blame him...and he's got paying customers. I think a Sutton River trip would be awesome, though. pd


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TomT Inukshuk Offline Posts: 1052 Location: Chicago Burbs Joined: Aug 26^th, 2007	Re: Boundary Waters Journal Stu Feeds Eagles Reply #2 - Oct 9^th, 2017 at 10:43pm	Quote Print Post
	The Sutton River is on my bucket list. Now to find $5,000.


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rlageman3 Inukshuk Offline Posts: 84 Location: Hopkinsville, KY Joined: May 11^th, 2010	Re: Boundary Waters Journal Stu Feeds Eagles Reply #3 - Oct 9^th, 2017 at 11:48pm	Quote Print Post
	An eagle snatched up my son's Zara super spook on the southern end of McAree, just across from Rebecca falls a few years ago. It broke the line, but dropped the lure from about twenty feet up. He recovered the lure, but lost it to a big pike on the north end of the lake a few days later. Pat


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TomT Inukshuk Offline Posts: 1052 Location: Chicago Burbs Joined: Aug 26^th, 2007	Re: Boundary Waters Journal Stu Feeds Eagles Reply #4 - Oct 10^th, 2017 at 10:37am	Quote Print Post
	Years ago I was fishing a local pond at dusk and pitching a rapala from shore. I knew there was a bat flying around and might have been casting high arching pitches to bait it but I don't remember. Hey, I was young and stupid. The thing was so quick he flew at it in mid air cast. Never touched it though. Smart bat. I did catch a 4 ft alligator on a floating rapala in Alabama once. Dragged it to shore and it simply opened its mouth and out flew the lure. That was an adrenaline rush. 1981.
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Jimbo Moderator Inukshuk Offline Posts: 4598 Location: Florida Joined: Oct 6^th, 2002	Re: Boundary Waters Journal Stu Feeds Eagles Reply #5 - Oct 10^th, 2017 at 11:17am	Quote Print Post
	Had a party member snag a beaver by the tail with a buzz bait once, fishing from shore on Suzanette Lake. Got into a tug-of-war. The beaver won. Jimbo.


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Jim J Solo Inukshuk Offline Posts: 1195 Location: Fort Wayne, IN Joined: Apr 6^th, 2007	Re: Boundary Waters Journal Stu Feeds Eagles Reply #6 - Oct 11^th, 2017 at 6:45pm	Quote Print Post
	I've never gone with Stu, but have used guides for other trips. It's usually been a good experience. Just returned from Oct Q trip. Paddled Jean Ck from Boulder to Jean. Beavers had the water at a nice level. Saw a cow moose, I hadn't seen a moose in a few years, she was close and calm. A few turns farther 2 beavers swim towards me, I coast, they keep coming, still coming, finally turn and dive at my bow. I look over the side to watch them swim by in the shallow water and one surfaces right next to me, just where you'd reach to land a fish. He gave me a huge tail splash, soaked me good, better than any pike ever did.


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TomT Inukshuk Offline Posts: 1052 Location: Chicago Burbs Joined: Aug 26^th, 2007	Re: Boundary Waters Journal Stu Feeds Eagles Reply #7 - Oct 12^th, 2017 at 2:22am	Quote Print Post
	Beaver's can scare the bejesus out of people with that tail slap. In 2013 they got my dog pretty good. We were sitting around shore at dusk on a quiet evening and then "Kerplunk!". Luna bolted upright and snorted at the lake. This year on Camel Lake after dark I was laying in the hammock and had one do about 3 kerplunks before moving on. They are assertive creatures.


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Ancient_Angler Inukshuk Offline Posts: 353 Joined: Apr 21^st, 2006	Re: Boundary Waters Journal Stu Feeds Eagles Reply #8 - Oct 31^st, 2017 at 4:33pm	Quote Print Post
	I've taken the Sutton River trip with Stu. Very professionally done. I've been fortunate -- I've travelled widely fishing. Stu does about the best job of any trip I've been on. (Disclaimer: Stu has published many of my articles.)


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