Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness
In approximately 5 days I will be heading into the boundary waters. This weekend is the statewide fishing opener for Minnesota. Most anglers across the state will be targeting stupid walleyes. Just like every other year, the masses will arrive at all of the popular and over-fished lakes. It will probably be the only day this year that many of them will even fish. Many disasters and fights to ensue. Very few fish caught.
Equipped with kayak, fly rods, and a weeks worth of gear/food – I will be slaying trout. Legendary brook trout. Lake trout on a fly. Twenty-five inch rainbows.
Fools.
Don’t ever take up trout fishing. Keep pounding those 12″ walleyes. Leave the rest to me.
Episode 6 of 6 “A Fishing Year Along The River Vindelälven Valley”
Welcome to the sixth and final episode (part 6 of 6) of: A Fishing Year Along The River Vindelälven Valley “. In this episode we follow John and Stefan on a fishing trip up to the head waters of the Vindelälven river. To get the opportunity to fish in the limited accessed section, an application has to be submitted no later than May 1 to the county board administration of Västerbotten. Then a lottery will be conducted in order to randomly distribute the currently maximum of 100 fishing days that are granted in the section. The area has limited access in order to maintain the high quality of fishing and to minimize the pressure on the nature of the area.
Johan and Stefan stops, however, one night in Ammarnäs village before they head out to the mountains. Stefan tries his luck after the huge trout that annually migrate up from Lake Storvindeln and up in the Vindel River for spawning. The average weight is over 3.5 kg of these magnificent trout and there’s alot of work going on with management to preserve one of Sweden’s last strains of large migrating brown trout.
There is No Such Thing as Coaster Brook Trout in Lake Superior
At least genetically speaking…
…Let me clarify. I’ve always heard and read about Coasters. They are spoken of here in Michigan in hushed tones. Coasters are lake dwelling brook trout said to exist only in Lake Superior. They grow to mythic proportions and ascend tributaries each fall to spawn. While most are probably about twenty inches long and three pounds, they can grow to thirty inches long and ten pounds. . In times past they were said to be numerous, and sportsman flocked to UP river mouths to catch giant brook trout. I have always been told that they are an endangered subspecies of brook trout native only to Lake Superior
This isn’t true…
…So let me be clear. Coasters do not exist, not as a genetic strain. Coasters do exist as a phenomenon of Lake Superior, the ultimate brook trout pond. This distinction is important, as it shifts the focus (and resources) from trying to identify and save a genetic strain that doesn’t exist, to preserving habitat and promoting regulations that will foster strong Coaster numbers once again…
Read more via: Fontinalis Rising
Al-Qaida Publication Urges Terrorists to Set Wildfires in Montana
Terrorists who want to strike fear in the hearts of Americans would do well to set wildfires in Montana, al-Qaida advises in the most recent issue of its English-language magazine, Inspire.
“It is difficult to choose a better place other than in the valleys of Montana where the population increases rapidly,” Inspire’s “AQ Chef” columnist writes.
The magazine disappeared for a while after its founders, Anwar al-Awlaki and Samir Khan, were killed last year in a U.S. missile strike.
But it recently reappeared online, its grammatically challenged cover urging “It is of your freedom to ignite a firebomb.” Inside, the AQ Chef gives three pages detailing the recipe for an “ember bomb” – along with the suggestion to deploy such bombs in Montana.
Read more via: The Missoulian
Episode 5 “A Fishing Year Along The River Vindelälven Valley”
Welcome to the fifth part (Part 5 of 6) of: A Fishing Year Along The River Vindelälven Valley “. In this episode we follow Erik and Stefan who go up to Gargnäs/Råstrand Fishing Area to try to catch salmon. They have heard that salmon fishing can be very painstaking and in order to improve their chances they ask for help from the local expert, Daniel “DJ” Jonsson. He is the one who has the best knowledge of all the pools in the river and where salmon are found at the moment.
What they could not guess was that the DJ had another ace up his sleeve, a local method to get the salmon to strike. Let’s watch and see if they succeed in their fishing.
Canyon Steel in Fast Water
Cory having an epic day…
