We completed our long road trip to visit family members in Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska before Christmas. Now we are looking forward to January with a chance to relax, do some fishing and to enjoy living in the north country.
The winter season for fishing Lake Trout opens on January first for lakes entirely within the BWCAW. When I checked yesterday, hikers and skiers have already opened a trail into Duncan Lake. Getting into Duncan and Daniels Lakes should not be a problem. If the weather turns nasty around the opener I may have to wait another week to get some fresh Lake Trout. Fishing will get easier starting on January 18th when lakes outside the BWCAW like Moss, Ram and Clearwater are opened to Lake Trout fishing.
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| Trails from Bearskin Landing into Duncan Lake. |
The Forest Service is not going start accepting entry permit applications for next summer until January 28th this year. I plan on getting several fishing trips in January before I need to start hanging around here at the Lodge to answer the telephone.
The day after Christmas, we had a group stay in our Lakeside Suite before heading out to start a winter camping trip. They have a winter tent and a stove to keep warm and lots of experience. (I suspect that they will have to spend a lot of time looking for firewood.) Lin and I just turn on our gas fireplace and look out our slider door widows at Poplar Lake when it gets cold. If it gets real cold, I have serveral weeks worth of tackle box cleaning that needs to be done!
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| Summer is only 4 months away! |
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