Gull Rock Trip

[Fishin Fun]

JK... How was the trip up and back? Did you run into some detours and/or closed roads in northern Minn from the floods?

[jkwildhunting]

Ya, We have stayed at 5 Lakes ever since we have gone up, I am hooked on that place. Lodge owners are WONDERFUL.

It was smooth sailing all way up. Some road work north of Cloquet I believe but we did not have any closures going up or coming home. Took our normal route... 35 to 33 to 53 up to I-fall then we took 11 over to 71 in Canada over on 17 on up to Red Lake.

Only issue we had is we saw more deer in Canada then we did anything else. One moose on the way home. The route we took in Canada was fine. Not much road work other way is a lil faster but we found out it is easier taking 71 home to "get in" line at the border.

We had maybe a 5 min wait each way going into Canada and Coming back Into the US.

[larrym]

Originally Posted by Fishin Fun

Sounds great. Thanks for the info. Heading up to Gullrock the first week in August. August 3rd I believe. Have a newbie with this year so I hope the fishing is just as good as when you were there. I can't wait. I started checking the boat over (again) this weekend. Put new line on a couple poles, checked out the jig selection in the tackle box, went out to Cabelas, etc... Half the fun is getting ready to go!

Speaking of checking the boat.....be as certain as you can about the tire condition (spare also) and bearings. Counted 5 boats on the way back with flats and 1 with bearings out. They had left it sitting by the side of the road presumably to get repairs and on Saturday that may not be easy. Ruins a trip in a hurry.

[Fishin Fun]

I put new tires and bearings in 2 years ago. I checked both again today. We are bringing up 2 boats and the other guy was debating on if he should buy new tires or not on a boat that he's owned for 2 years and was used at the time. I told him to buy the tires and do the bearings. He is doing that this week. I drive I-35 every day and I've seen many times boats sitting on the side of the road and I think "Boy would that suck!" I ever put a new tire on my spare and bring an extra set of bearings/seal with. Just in case.

[tackleman]

good report Joe, thanks for the information on where the fish are.

I'm sorry i missed seeing you, but i had a chance to go guiding for a week and when i got home i went right into a bunch of day shifts at work, kinda got worn out and had to have power naps when i got home from work and didn't go out fishing,

I was over at 5 lakes the other day talking to Ian and he told me of your success on the trip. now with this report i know where to go when i get finished these night shifts i'm on.

[jkwildhunting]

I was keeping my eye out for you and waiting to see if you were going to roll into the docks for bait and figured you were working long/late hours since I did not see ya.

We were doing good all week but that last day we put all the pieces together in the puzzle or something because I do not remember seeing that many big fish caught caught in just half day. Alot of 22-26" fish caught in that area.

Maybe we will run into each other in September!

[NWwalleye]

How is the water level ?

[larrym]

Originally Posted by NWwalleye

How is the water level ?

I would say normal to a bit higher than normal. Enough to get into Ranger without problems and I've seen that difficult to do some years.

[NWwalleye]

Thanks for the info ...