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February
Newsletter 2010
Have you ever slammed fish while a moose watches you? OR had an eagle sitting on a branch admiring your catch? Last year we had some great fishing right in front of the Crooked Lake Native American pictographs. It was as if the Indians of the past were marking the spot for us. The fishing is always pretty good but it’s all of the other things that make this area really special. We have had loons swim right under our canoes and beavers come into our camp to chew down trees. We’ve also had otters come to our campsite everyday and put a show on for us that would last for hours. One of my favorite things is when groups sit around the campfire and tell their stories of the day’s events. Many evenings we see the Northern lights put on a show that only this great universe can create. Then when everyone is slipping away to their tents and the wilderness comes alive, you slip into a deep sleep with the sounds of beavers slapping their tails, loons wailing like only a loon can do. Then the night finishes off with the howling of a far off Wolf pack. A trip into the Boundary Waters will even surprise and
inspire the most experienced outdoor person.
I have had many people who have been shocked by the beauty of the area. For those of you who have never experienced
true wilderness but want to, this is the trip for you. We will show you how to
travel through this area like the fur traders of the past once did. No doubt you will be much more comfortable than
they were and you will experience everything the Boundary Waters has to offer. Personally The Boundary Waters has changed my life forever. I consider myself pretty good fishermen and many would agree. However, when I first came here it was all about the fishing but as each year went by, I found myself reading everything I could about this area from the Indian pictographs, wildlife, flora and the history of this area and now I am a pretty good photographer. As many of our clients know I am very passionate about this area and the main reason is you just don’t know what you will experience any given day. Don’t be a dreamer... accomplish a trip of a lifetime... get up and go! There isis no better time than now! When you finish one of our trips you will feel like you had an experience of a lifetime! TRADESHOWS Last month’s Ultimate Fishing show at the Novi Expo Center was our most successful show
yet. We booked 60% of the 2010 season. However, we still have many prime weeks
open like the first and last week in June which is hard for us to believe. To
be honest the whole season can be great but June is a prime month…so if you
really want to slam the fish, you must contact us soon! Remember, the Boundary Waters
Canoe Area allows a limited number of people into the park at a time and each
entry point only gives out so many permits.
It is on a first come, first serve basis. We like to meet our new clients face to face and catch up with past clients. Meet us there: Outdoorama (Novi) February 25-28, 2010 Wilderness Journey Booth 5501 The Quiet Water Symposium (Lansing) March 7, 2009 Ultimate Fishing Show in (Grand Rapids) March 18- 21, 2010 Checkout the three photo slideshows below: Fish, Wildlife and Scenery. We think these photos are a great example of what you can expect.
Checkout our newsletter page on our website. Summer months include trip reports that will give you a great idea what to expect. It rejuvenates my soul when we talk about all the fish and
wildlife stories at the shows when we meet up with many past and current
clients. You see… after such a long season, it’s nice to have clients
remind me of all of stories since they started to pile up in my memory. I consider myself one of the most truly lucky
men on this earth. I meet great people from all sorts of different lifestyles: executives,
pastors, self made millionaires, average Joe and my favorite of all:
youngsters. There is nothing more important to me than showing a young person
the way life used to be and that there is more to life than concrete buildings,
cars and greed. I know what I speak of when I say these words, I grew up in
Detroit the first 17 years of my life. My most important moments in my life
were spent with my Father, Grandfather and family on a lake or in the woods. All that said I
thought this story was a great one from this past season. A Boys
first Northern Pike Austin
(the Pike Slayer) Tapley This is
an excerpt from our September 2010 newsletter This is a very special story for me and I’m sure that most people would agree. There is nothing like seeing a young person targeting and catching a new species of fish that they never caught before. When Craig Tapley and his group came to Ely this past season, one of the first things that Craig said to me is that Austin his 8 year old son, main goal was to catch a Northern Pike, well usually that’s a given. However, Austin wouldn’t settle for just catching his first Northern…he had to make it an experience that none of us would forget.
A few days later, I ran into another group who were
camped a few miles away and one of the veterans of the group asked me if the
boy with us really caught his first Northern after capsizing the canoe…I
laughed and thought to myself “here’s this 8 year old boy who is already a
legend in the Boundary Waters. Not only that but the very next week I was
reading the local paper and Austin (the Pike slayer) Tapley had his name in
print. Click Here is to link to the article . It is experiences like this that make me so passionate
about the Boundary Waters. Every trip has an experience that will last you a
lifetime, that is not only our job but it is our goal and passion. So for those
of you that are sitting on the fence the time is now! Our rates are reasonable
and life is too short to spend sitting on the couch. Contact us and we can
start working on a dream trip for you! Wildlife in the Boundary Waters Canines:
The coyote resembles a large-eared, medium-size dog.
The timber wolf is noticeably larger, with longer legs and nose. Both the
coyote and wolf are wary of humans and rarely seen. Listen closely in the late
evening hours and you may hear the howling of wolves in your area. Watch the
portage trails for wolf scat, often containing deer hair. The fox is dainty in comparison, with coloration
ranging from red to silver in this area. The fox will often investigate your
empty fire grate when you leave camp, so watch the campsites as you travel—you
may see a fox digging around the ashes checking for food scraps. Why do Wolves Howl? The howls of wolves—the original "call of the
wild"—are heard more often in Minnesota's boundary country than anywhere
else in the Lower 48. Contrary to myth, they're not howling at the moon; a
wolfpack howls to let the rest of wolfdom know where they are, to claim and
maintain the pack's territory. Researchers have determined that howling functions as
a sort of "early-warning system" of communication among wolfpacks.
Wolfpacks will avoid the deadly violence of face-to-face encounters with other
packs when they can. When a pack howls out its presence into the stillness of a
Northwood’s winter night, the sounds can travel up to five miles; any other
pack within range must decide whether to stand their ground and howl back, to
retreat, or simply to stay silent. A pack in the grips of breeding season, or burdened
with young, or with a fresh-killed moose to defend will nearly always answer
back to a howl; without these kinds of imperatives, territory isn't as
important and packs are unlikely to return a howl. ________________________________________________________________________________ Share our newsletters with other adventurists and encourage
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For those of you that have never been on a wilderness
trip, let me give you a few examples of what you might experience. 
Day 3 - We were treated to some pretty decent weather
during this trip and today was a no different. Tom and Chris hit the islands
and river while I tagged along with Craig and Austin down to Thursday Bay. We
were 1 hour into our day trip when Austin hooked into his first Northern…the
fight was on! I was 30 yards off their starboard side getting my camera out,
when Austin had the Northern right at the side of the canoe, the northern dove
under the canoe. Austin could not contain himself and leaned over the side and
spilled into the lake, when he turned around and grabbed the canoe he managed
to capsize dad and all the contents into the lake. Somehow during all this
commotion, Craig managed to grab Austin’s rod and the fish…there they were: dad
was at the stern bobbing along, Austin was straddling the hull of the canoe and
his first Northern was draped over the hull. I hurried over to Austin and told
him to swim over. As he grabbed the side of my canoe I told him in no uncertain
terms, “DO NOT CAPSIZE MY CANOE!” I told him to grab the bar at the stern and
hold on while I paddled him to shore, Craig tossed the rod and fish into my
canoe and all the way to shore all Austin could say was, “Ramsey, Ramsey you
still have my fish right?!” All I could do was laugh and say yes. I got him to
shore then retrieved Craig and the canoe. After we reached shore they emptied
the canoe and all the watered down contents. We took some photos, laughed and
told Austin that he will never forget his first Northern. All that was lost was
one rod & reel. They paddled back to camp to get a change of clothing with
their fish in tow.
Members of the
dog family found in the Boundary Waters include coyotes, foxes, and timber
wolves. They are part of the larger order known as Carnivores, or meat eaters;
they have large canine teeth for tearing flesh, although some will also eat
berries and fruit.