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Trip Planning » Best Sites for Swimming » 6/05/2020 9:33 am

upthepaddle
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I avoid sand as much as possible when camping. It gets in everything. A nice big rock point with deep water next to it is best. The rock warms up and stays warm in the evening. Ragged (from Smoke) has some nice rocky points, though not really deep. 

Trip Planning » Reservations before May 14th » 4/04/2020 2:48 pm

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It would be best if we were not allowed to go to crown land for camping. If we did go, we would need to prep by shopping extra and buying gas, both of which put us into more person to person contact, or at least in contact with other 'touch points.' The restricted movement is good, but we don't need to be legislated. We can just restrict our own movement because we're smart enough to understand why it's a good idea. 3 weeks of no one driving anywhere or doing any extra contact outside their homes, and we'll be back to the woods sooner. Mess around and no one goes camping till 2021. 

Trip Planning » Growing up camping » 11/04/2019 12:09 pm

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I agree with the 'just do it' plan. 

We waited a couple years with the first, but the second had to come as soon as we could through the blackflies and rain to Big Bob lake. She was 6 months. 

If there's anything that makes it better, it's to have other kids or people there. Go with another family. Or take someone else's kids as well - maybe leave that till theyre older than 6 though. 

Kid carrier backpacks are helpful for the regular hikes and being outdoors stuff. We had one with a hood for snow and rain.Make sure the seat is adjustable so they can fall asleep nicely. 

Fishing » Do you ever boil trout? » 10/16/2019 1:40 pm

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kkosik wrote:

Caught ...  I'm not great at filleting (especially trout) so this works out well for me since it's really hard to mess up and has virtually zero waste.  Since there are no scales, I just leave the skin on.  When cutting the head, don't cut all the way down and you can pull everything out together with your thumb for easy disposal.

2 things:
1 - You don't have to worry about waste anymore because 'spoon meat.' You can scrape off anything left on the bones after a filet cut with a spoon. Go back towards the tail. It's like ground/minced trout. Shape it into a heart-shaped pattie and give it to the kid you like best, or the one who will actually eat it. 
2 - I don't discard the head. I like the cheek meat and the collar meat goes pretty high up too. I also like the fat right where the fins meet the body. 

Fishing » Do you ever boil trout? » 10/16/2019 1:32 pm

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boknows wrote:

Yes I have boiled some specks I caught in Phillip Lake.  They were tasty and I would definitely recommend doing so.

How did you boil them? Recipes I've seen have been 1) mix a lot of butter with a little water and some herby stuff  and poach and 2) make a broth with herby stuff and plop the cleaned fish in whole. 

I've tried the butter poach at home but it seems like a waste of butter. 
 

Trip Reports » 4-Day Solo, Magnetwan-Casey-Daisy » 10/13/2019 8:49 pm

upthepaddle
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Good read. Bummer about the photo apparatus. You probably stuck your thumb in front of each frame anyways. Nothing lost. 

Have you looked at rotator cuff exercises for the shoulders? 

Fully behind the bridge idea. 

Fishing » Do you ever boil trout? » 10/09/2019 8:11 am

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How do you cook your trout? I do it the same way every time and I'm looking for a change. I filet it, salt and sugar the meat, wait 30-40 minutes, maybe dredge, and then fry in the pan. I also spoon meat what's left on the bone and make a pattie mixed with some flour. 

Boiling it seems so simple, and I've never done it. It's splake season now so I'm wondering about trying it, or if you've got any other good ways. 

Trip Planning » Highland Trail » 5/24/2019 8:15 am

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You're staying one night, so 2 days? If you want to look down at Starling lake, then clockwise. 

Equipment » Unlostify Maps Are Now Available! =D » 5/06/2019 9:56 am

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Just used the Kawartha one for the last few days. I like its clarity (easy to see) and topo lines. But I don't like that there are no lake elevations. I totally thought that Turtle would be lower than Cherry/Triangle. I thought it would be going south, like Stoplog does.
 

Trip Planning » Tim Lake, Big Bob Lake and the start of the Nip » 3/31/2019 7:07 pm

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I've soloed Tim - Big Bob - Loontail Jctn - Rosebary - out at Tim. There are 2 good sites on B Bob, and one less good. I like the one on the point (west). Some muddy portages getting there. River travel is easy. For a lot of it, you don't need a paddle because you're just pulling yourself through alders, sometimes in the boat and sometimes out. When I went, Latour creek was impossible to paddle for about 300 metres before the portage actually started. 

Trip Planning » Route suggestion for early May » 3/11/2019 12:10 pm

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Seconding Misty from AP 3. You can see wildlife at the east end - the narrows. I've also seen a family of otters in the first north bay. Several rocky campsites. And you get a mix of lake and river/wetland travel. Daytrip loop to Timberwolf. I have no idea where the fish bite in Misty. 

Trip Planning » Anyone knows anything about Knife Lake to Jean Lake (HHWT)? » 6/25/2018 12:11 am

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I walked the portage end of last October. The first 300 meters would have been hell with a canoe. Lots of down trees, and most of it was 6 inches of water. After that, it's a nice walk but a lot of uphill. A couple hundred meters before the end, you have to walk through a grassy creek and get wet again. It felt more like 1500 meters. 
 

Catch-all Discussions » So when does the ice-out prediction conversation start??? » 4/22/2017 8:09 pm

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Thanks ATVenture for the constant updating. 
I'm booked for the 28th. Should I think that it's completely un-possible? 

Trip Planning » Beaver dams..... » 4/13/2017 1:13 pm

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There are a lot of beaver dams. Sometimes they are very close to each other. I was there in August a couple years ago, and there were spots between dams that were only about 2-3 inches deep of water. There was a lot of dragging. 
The bigger concern might be whether the side branches are trimmed, or at least when they were last trimmed. They can close over the whole creek. You might be able to find out by talking to the staff at the Kearney permit office how recently anyone had gone thru to trim. 

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