Got notification our permit was issued this morning. Be in the boundary waters fishing the last week of June. Cannot wait. Be my 3rd trip up there.

Hope it’s a good trip. Went years ago twice I would love to go back one day before I’m too old to hump a canoe on those portages. I still have the map book we used 30 + years ago was looking at it the other day and reminiscing

What is this......... I'm dumb.....

Yeah i still have mine from when we went in ‘86 😳. I think im more excited to be taking my sons.

Boundary waters canoe area up on the canadian border. We go out of ely/winton, mn. The quetico national park is just across the border. Many thousands of acres of wilderness with 1000’s of lakes. A lot of it is restricted to no motors and float planes with permits only can fly across. Brown fish, green fish, toothy fish…all fish. Bears, moose and whitetails errwhere. Oh…and the skeeters.

worse damn skeeters ever. You don’t step outside the tent after dark for sure. And those biting house flies are rough too. Not sure exactly what they are but they bite the Piss out of you. We had several bear encounters in camp that were interesting to say the least.

A perfect example of why cold weather has no effect on the skeeter population.

2 days and a bwca wakeup! Highest temp forecast next week is 74°. Smallmouths are pre/spawning. Walleyes are post…not sure on pike. HIGH water levels. Not sure what thats gonna do. I am ready to go right now.

If any way possible please pic heavy this trip.. you got me researching it after your search for the empty spot.

👍🏼 I’ll do my best.

Oh man, I am super jealous. My favorite excursion ever. Been up 3 times, although most recent was about 20 years ago, and now long overdue! Waiting for my boys to get a hair older, because it is true wilderness in every sense. We always went with Voyageur Canoe Outfitters out of Grand Marais. Usually went the first week of June, and my favorite route had us shuttled by an old de Havilland Otter with canoes strapped on the pontoons to Powell Lake. We paddled from there, through Clay, and onto Mack. Less than 5 portages, and none were too lengthy. We found a great site for basecamp and took day trips from there. Out of the trips I've taken, I can only think of seeing other humans once in the combined 3 weeks. We did see moose and bears. Only species we were not successful landing was lake trout. An abundance of smallies, walleye, and pike. Nothing like cooking a fresh walleye that was just swimming around moments earlier. And pristine water you could drink right out of the lake. I'm going to be living vicariously through you GMan! Pleas share pics upon your return!

Just about to Rockford, IL...making decent time. ETA ely...0915 tomorrow. Actually havent seen any deer, but a half dozen carcasses in ky. Big storm thru champaign. Weird crossing the tennessee at 1515hrs...and again 4 hrs n 300mi later in a diff state. In the windmill farms area now.

Somewheres in upper wisconsin

Beat it down joe brown

52 friggin degrees up here

I dont know how to load multiple pics at once. Got there no issues

Heading out monday

Paddling after shuttle drop…about 5mi to camp we selected

Catching good brownfish from get go

Buddy caught a 4.5# walleye. Fish of a lifetime!

Then tue evening after not drinking enough water, standing there cooking for an hour…then sitting in a chair for a few minutes…i hopped up, head rush passed out…ran down that embankment n face planted that big rock 🤦🏻‍♂️

Cuz n addison loaded me in a canoe and i did help paddle that 5mi back to shuttle drop. 911 called n i got a first helo ride. 4.5hrs of surgery wed am…got my jaw back in “1 piece”. Doc said it was bad. Still dont know how many teeth i lost? Just feel like i look like a tweeker. Wrist surgery next week prolly. No clue about oral surgery. Guess we fix jaw then worry with teeth? I sure wanted to take a bunch more pics…and i hate i screwed my crews trip up. But im alive (cuz said i could easily been dead) n that 1.5hr paddling prolly dint help. But i knew i needed out asap.

Praying for you now bud. Hang tough. Hope you ate about 5 lbs of fish before this.

Wow, so sorry to read this. Prayers sent, and get well soon

I got to come home…made about 5am. This liquid diet gonna stink, but im alive

Dang duu

Bad thing is, we’d already caught 2 5# smallies, handfuls of 2-3 pounders…that big walleye…and were just figuring them out.

Dang man good thing you were not doing a solo. Just a good excuse to go back next year maybe. Prayers for your recovery.

Dog gone dude! That's awful!! Glad you made it out of there.

Dang buddy that’s tough! Prayers for pleasant recovery

That was my jaw/chin. 🤦🏻‍♂️

Dang dude. At least you catching brown fish. Heal up brother 🤕

Holy crap man. That’s a testament to how fast something can go wrong. Prayers for full healing and a speedy recovery.

Prayers lifted for recovery, praise lifted for getting you home safe. Hope you get back up there again soon. Looked like alot of fun, except that last part