Voyageur Experiences

We set up base camp on Gneiss Lake in Minnesota's Boundary Waters and went portaging up the Granite river to go fising for the day. It was overcast and no wind - great for BWCA fishing or paddling. We were catching lots of Smallmouth all along the way and stopped for lunch a few rapids up on shore. I cast my top water popper out from the bank and boom, got a hit, set the hook only to find the lure and leader gone from my line. That was a bummer - Northern must have bit above the leader and cut the line. We went up another rapids and continued to have a blast catching fish. A few hours later as the sun was setting, we decided to turn back towards camp and shoot every rapids. Two rapids down we were enjoying the beautiful scene when my canoe partner points out something in the water...it was the top water popper I had stolen by a fish 5 hours earlier floating in the middle of the glassy lake two rapids down stream. UNBELIEVABLE! I snatched it up and rigged it up and caught many more fish. I also hooked myself in the arm with it the next day flinging it from a tree. You could say I developed quite the relationship with that lure on this Boundary Waters trip. Stuff like that just doesn't happen anywhere. Chad and the Voyageur Canoe Outfitters were great to us. I hope to be back to the BWCA next year.

Name: Chris
City: Peoria
State: IL
Voyage: Boundary Waters Canoe Trip