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    2023 Ice Out Canoe Camping And Fishing Trip

    Just got home yesterday from a much needed 7 days in the Adirondacks doing some canoe camping with some great friends. We went out in search of Brook Trout, and did find a few, but really it was about just getting back out there and enjoying some much needed paddling on an empty lake. We spent the first night on Raquette Lake, and then jetted over to a sweet little Brook Trout lake nearby to spend the rest of the week, which was definitely the right decision considering some of the wind we got. I still cannot believe the weather changes we went through. Sun, snow, wind, rain, and hail. Everything you come to expect in April while in the Adirondacks. All in all I would call it a success, looking forward to many more trips like this!

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    And lungs are poisoned and shoulders bowed,
    In the smothering reek of mill and mine;
    And death stalks in on the struggling crowd?
    But he shuns the shadow of the oak and pine?
    ― George W. Sears Nessmuk, Woodcraft and Camping
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    looks like fun ! thanks for the pics.
    "A culture is no better than its woods." W.H. Auden

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    • #3
      Oh it was a blast! I can't wait to get the full video put out.

      I actually forgot to mention one of the most interesting parts of my trip! That Brookie from the pictures that ended up in the pan had a stomach full of tiny Perch minnows! I was expecting him to be full of either insects or larvae, but definitely not Perch! 2 of the minnows looked very recently eaten with the third looking like it had been digested for a day or two.
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      And lungs are poisoned and shoulders bowed,
      In the smothering reek of mill and mine;
      And death stalks in on the struggling crowd?
      But he shuns the shadow of the oak and pine?
      ― George W. Sears Nessmuk, Woodcraft and Camping
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      • #4
        Are you sure they were perch and not something else like a central mudminnow. Perch are the death of a trout pond...
        Oscar Wilde:Work is the curse of the drinking class

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        • #5
          There are definitely full size Perch in there, and they were definitely Perch minnows in the Trout's stomach. From what I understand they have actually been in there a really long time(20+ years), the DEC has tried to reclaim it a few times. I think they keep getting back in, but I still catch a really fair number of Brookies here. I don't want to completely give the place away, but I think a few guys here know where I was and know the fishery history better.
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          And lungs are poisoned and shoulders bowed,
          In the smothering reek of mill and mine;
          And death stalks in on the struggling crowd?
          But he shuns the shadow of the oak and pine?
          ― George W. Sears Nessmuk, Woodcraft and Camping

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          • #6
            Thank you Dax, for your post on a recent adventure to Gods Country! Love how you enjoy these adk. surroundings.And a beauty of a brookie as well! Bet it tasted great! Thanks again for sharing your trip with us ! Have fun out there , be safe and tightlines! WB
            "Get your mind off trout,if you can.I know they`ve got you.I can see it. Every fraternity of sufferers knows its brothers.Trout hook men;men don`t hook trout.Better try and throw the hook while you can.By the time you`re a grown man there probably won`t be a pure trout healthy enough to fiddle with"... Quote from Emerson in the book "The Earth Is Enough"by Harry Middleton

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