5-Day World-Class Walleye and Trout Fishing Trip | Exploration of Pukaskwa's Northern Interior 

Actually he leaves many witnesses behind, all those fishes ( muinus one ) can say "There was a man here, who takes them out, judges their weight and gently releases them back" 😂.

Thanks. 😊 you too bud.

Hahaha love it

@@LostLakes Only half-joking. You should write a book.

@@SchmutzieOutdoors retirement goals 🙂

@@LostLakes Another great vid. Loved the mink footage and those falls are gorgeous. "These walleyes are too big" is another potential title for the book. Good problem to have, eh? Thx for this. Great as always.

You really should write one, Jon. Maybe not now, but in the future! I truly believe you're the next reincarnation of Kevin Callan, and it won't be long before we pester you into doing it anyway! 😁

Keep some for winter ...

You do awesome work!

I do the same thing when it comes to deleting footage! If I take six shots trying to capture the mood of a particular lake or sunset or animal, and half of them are blurry, those are getting completely thrown out. Why waste the data on things I wouldn't want to keep?

That's a lot of deletion... Good to know I'm not the only one that does that though.

I love that a fart made it into this one at the end of day 3.

Hahah thank you so much Terrie!!

I don't even watch half of videos this is my go to sleep

Really appreciate that Alex!!

I agree, he has a ' world class attitude ' to living in the back country. When I fished these lakes as a 10 year old , it never crossed anyone's mind, and barbless hooks were unknown,, we may have been the first people to drop a line in some of them. 6-8 pound pickerel were normal in this area, in the deep pools. The University river was a spot people in Wawa tried to find for many years. A lot of 4 and 5 pound specks came home Hanging on for dear life to a steel 5' rod and black line on a old school reel, sitting on the floor in the middle of the canoe,,, good times ,,,,,

I second that.

Thank you John!

Hahah I do it all for you CSD!

Thanks Michael!! 😁

Hahah the rock was its runway

Same here

Contagious, Liked n Subd too. Thx Joe. Grt content from you both. 👍

Very much appreciated Sam (and Josh) [and Valorie lol]!!

Same but from last year!

You should go watch his earlier videos. His partner Erin is the best too. You will all want to travel with her too.

Greatly appreciate that Bob!!! Hahaha without a doubt!

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Thanks so much Shug!! The Pal in Nova Craft's TuffStuff layup is 50lbs. Nice balance of weight and ruggedness. The gel coat seems to chip fairly easily though

@@LostLakes TuffStuff......explains how it takes a good bit of dragging over those log jams. Appreciate the info. Dinner for breakfast is a stellar idea.

Congrats on award shug! U deserve it! U two in quetico or BWCAW!?!?.

Thanks so much Jim!!

Very much appreciated K&P!!!

Hahah thanks a lot Thomas

Hahah so good. Thanks a lot GoFeesh!

Ah man, so good. Thanks a lot SGV!

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Wow the Cascade...that must've been a gnarly trip. Thank you!

Cascade was low water. The beavers built a bomb proof dam at the start of the Cascade. We pulled, poled and paddled in inches of water for miles. River picked up where we could run the whitewater down to Superior. What a beautiful run. Spectacular scenery and views. Thanks again for all your hard work! Thanks again for your

Very much appreciated Walt!!

Thank you again NC, appreciate you hearing me out on that less fun subject :)

Thanks for the company UO!

@@LostLakes 😆 Any time!

Fascinated by those little details out there :) Thanks so much Ed!!!

Thanks a lot Larry! We're days away from her getting back in the canoe...very excited for that

Thanks a lot Si! I know the feeling...it's hard to begrudge people for their own hobbies, however noisy, but man does a combustion engine ever rob one of a feeling of peace

LOL! Hilarious mental image of that... I didn't know rock bass were invasive actually. Thanks Jeff!

Thanks Rita! I miss her out there too :( But she has a break in August so we've got big plans 😁

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Thanks Michael!! The pothole *blows* my mind

A bit bad sometimes but better than I expected :)

Freedom...aah. Been enjoying your goodies very much since this trip too. Had the granola with fruit and powdered milk for the first time yesterday at the end of a 10-day trip and that's an instant winner...no cooking, very good and satisfying. Thanks Bern!!

Much appreciated IM!! 🙂🙂

Greatly appreciate that David!!

Such a photogenic little ball of energy hahah. I go main pack (with smaller tackle backpack slung over my front) first, then the barrel with the canoe. I like to take the canoe last so that I can drop it right in the water at the other end, and so that I have the walk back to improve the trail a bit...pushing the canoe through brush can be so exhausting. Thanks Andrea!

Thanks Jody! Yeah it's hard to believe it was my first backcountry trip in a NP, but I guess opportunities are somewhat limited for that in ON

Thanks Ed :) Seven Fallen Feathers is one of the most important books I've read

@@LostLakes I read that page you showed. In September for my solo I'm bringing "The Four Agreements" by Don Ruiz. Kinda similar in feel with your book I think. Wisdom stuff.

I agree and I'm going to buy it right now! I have the Four Agreements already just waiting to be read! Thanks guys!

Thanks a lot Marcus!! It was a sweet little trip!

Thanks so much Peggy! My veggie curry recipe is from my sister and I only have a photo of it, but it's similar to this :) littlesunnykitchen.com/chickpea-and-potato-curry/ It's not dehydrator specific by any means. One adjustment that's necessary is to diced the potatoes more finely. Like 1cm cubes. They're tougher to dehydrate and rehydrate so the smaller the better.

Oy...with a front row seat to Erin's summer with grad school, I empathize. Glad to clear your head for a short while. Thanks Chris :)

Thanks so much Ryan!

Very much so, for touring I rarely pick up the single blade now. Faster and easier on my body. My pleasure, thanks Tom! :)

Thanks so much Scott!!

Thanks a million Mathieu!!!

Hahah thanks a lot Mads!

Thanks a million Moe!!

Appreciate that so much Sam!!!

Thanks a lot Janet :)

Good eye Josh!

Very much appreciated Stan! I'm tripping a lot right now but already have a big backlog to unload later this year, when weekly vids should be a reality :)

If you find time to make the drive, it's one of my favourite parks in ON, including the frontcountry camping. It'll be worth your while :)

Thank you for joining :)

Thanks Don! Cheers!

Thanks a lot Kathie :)

Appreciate that Henrik!

@@LostLakes You talk and use dehydrated food a lot in your films. Tried to find info about your method, but did not find much. Did I miss it or can you direct me to a page/link there it is shown / explained ? Thanks.

Did a little meal planning and dehydrating overview last spring here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-u3oeLbT-t_E.html I'll probably never do recipe-specific videos as I just have no passion for it but Kevin Outdoors on YT is much more knowledgeable on the subject. I recommend his channel for that stuff (he also recently put out a fantastic book called Backcountry Eats: amzn.to/3DD8BkO)

Much appreciated John!

Thanks so much GB :)

Hahah oh god...poor thing. Thanks for the info Ottermel!

Truly appreciate that!

Good Q...I'd have to say laying eyes on places for the first time, especially when they're places that don't get seen much by anyone :)

Thanks a lot Rob :) I think it should be hard...we're taking a life after all.

I hope I never wake up :)

yes please. what do you think of collapsing boats and kayaks.

Hahah got that right Gavin...however there might be downtime for that someday. It's a great topic. In the meantime, I just wrote a review of the Pal for their site which is copied here if you want to read it. It speaks to some of that. 99% of my tripping had been in prospectors before I got my Pal. I looked at dozens of models from all manufacturers but landed on the Pal and I liked it immediately. A little narrower than a prospector but still very stable, faster, and less impacted by crosswinds. I bought this boat primarily for solo trips (with the option for tandem) in northern Ontario off the beaten path and got the Tuffstuff layup for durability. Jagged rocks are not friendly to the gel coat (which I’ve touched up with West System epoxy), but the hull is strong. My bags didn’t fit flat when soloing initially, but after removing the second seat (an easy operation), there’s tons of room for my 115L pack and 60L barrel. If packing for a tandem trip, fitting a second 115L pack might be tight and then the prospector may have just that extra little bit of room needed to do so. I took the Pal on a solo trip on Lake Superior from Silver Islet to Rossport and didn’t lose one day to conditions, despite being undecked (with a dry suit of course). In some tough wind and 2-3ft swells, it was very stable. In fact, at one point I was distracted while filming some video and a huge swell broke on a shoal I hadn’t noticed. It took me for a wild ride but the boat responded and saved my bacon. I run a little whitewater but nothing over class II and I’m comfortable with using this boat undecked for that application. I increasingly use a double blade on flat water due to a wrist issue and my 250cm paddle is just enough for the Pal, though 260 or 270 would be better. I got the aluminum trim which is my preference (I don’t like maintenance) and the skid plates. It’s a versatile boat, a pleasure to paddle, and I look forward to taking it around Ontario for many years.

Hey Carol, they have their place but for what I do, a canoe is the way to go, and has been proven over thousands of years on this land to be the optimal vessel. Inflatables I just don't trust, especially with hooks flying around, and to me they only makes sense when the amount of overland travel exceeds the amount of water travel. Collapsible I would only bother with if it was required for a fly-in, but I doubt that'll ever be the case for me. More fussy and expensive without much benefit for my uses...I certainly wouldn't go through that process for each portage. And kayaks I would only want on the ocean or maybe Superior, but the canoe gets by on Superior. Too difficult to portage and less cargo room for big packs and fishing rods and such

Thanks very much Gabi :)

🧡 Thanks a lot MrMicmac :)

Hahaha thanks a bunch Xan!! Thank you for acknowledging that it was a squirrel...someone else guessed monkey 😆 Some dreadful smeagol impressions are in the bank and coming up though 😅

Man you are an artist and an adventurer, loved the unexpected impression, really upped the most amazing scenery, You are Living the Dream My friend.

Thanks a lot Vince :)

I know, there's something about brook trout in particular...just how precious they are I guess

Such a photogenic little ball of energy hahah. I go main pack (with smaller tackle backpack slung over my front) first, then the barrel with the canoe. I like to take the canoe last so that I can drop it right in the water at the other end, and so that I have the walk back to improve the trail a bit...pushing the canoe through brush can be so exhausting. Thanks Andrea!

@@LostLakes smart on both accounts re portaging! Thanks so much for sharing your wisdom.

💚 Close, over in Marathon :)

@@LostLakes I’ve always wanted to hike and camp in this park, every time I drive past. Living vicariously through you, for now. Tks for all you do, great content :)

@@susnorth40 thanks Suzanne!! It's a gem, you'll have to get there soon 🙂

😝😝 Thanks Erik!