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| I was curious if there were any muskie lakes in western Ont. or MN that also had good hiking. Thanks. BR |
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Location: The desert | Have you looked into BWCA? I think you'd really like it. May not have muskies but plenty of pike, walleye, and bass.
Mix of hiking, canoeing, fishing and camping. |
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| might be an idea, appreciate the help. The wife loves to hike, and I do as well. Enjoy getting out there. BWCA canoe trip might be great. Thanks. |
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| If you don't want to venture into the BWCA, Burntside Lake has decent multi-species fishing and is close to Ely, Jasper Lake too. Both have lodging,as well as camping. The BWCA requires permits, so you better decide soon and apply if that is what you want. Up in that area Vermilion is pretty much the only option for musky and it's only 30 minutes away from Ely. The Bemidji area has more musky lakes, but I am unsure of hiking around there. |
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Location: Madison, WI | there's a thru-hike trail south of Bemidji (forget the name)...tons of shorter trails for day-hiking in Itasca State Park...all connected to North Shore trail along L.Superior down to Duluth at some point i assume? lots of fishing options all along there. North Shore trail is gorgeous but can be tough on the knees with lots of rocky climbs/descents. Itasca is very pretty, big woods plus headwaters of Mississippi. |
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| Thanks, we do quite a bit of 5-10 mile day hikes in the rockies, so the more terrain the better. Lambeau that sounds good. thanks! |
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Location: WI | The Border Route trail in the BWCA goes by East Pike lake which has muskies. That trail is rugged and hard to follow I've heard. Every couple years there's an article in the Duluth paper about people getting lost on it.
The "north shore trail" mentioned above is probably the Superior Hiking Trail, which is excellent! It runs from Duluth to Grand Portage (around 300 miles) and is well marked. I've hiked about half of it so far. Other than Isle Royale it's the best hiking I've found in WI/MN. Although the NCT (north country trail) that runs through northern WI is pretty nice. That's probably the same trail that goes by Bemidiji mentioned above.
Edited by JKahler 1/30/2013 11:55 PM
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Location: Duluth, MN | Hike up and down the Duluth hillsides and look for sheds! I heard the St Louis river has a few muskies in it!! Lol! also some real big bucks winter down by the river. 
On second thought don't look for sheds...those are mine!
Edited by bdog 1/31/2013 6:30 AM
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| Just a suggestion, read this: http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/volunteer/novdec08/muskie.html
I dream of one day making this trip when my sons are a bit older. You certiainly won't catch a monster there, but what a marvelous Northwoods adventure. |
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| Vermillion offers exactly what you are looking for....First class musky fishing and miles of hiking trailes aroudn the lake...
http://www.lakevermilionresorts.com/activities/biking-hiking/intera...
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Location: oswego, il | Ben, since you like hiking, you would love orienteering. You can do it recreationally or competitively. I did it in college competitivley, I loved it. Plenty of clubs around the us and the world. Www.rmoc.org is in the denver area. |
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| In addition to the Boundary Waters, you might want to look into Voyageurs National Park. Has lots of hiking but also connects to a number of fine lakes. And if you get bored you can drive west to LOW. I visited up there late last fall and it is really a great area. Hope to do some fishing up there this coming summer. |
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