Thank you, all.
Talking it over with my brother, we are going to stick with main trails and main lakes on this trip. I am pretty confident we will have good fishing at any of the "main" lakes.
Thanks again, this forum is fantastic.

Thanks all. Good info.
Our main goal was to hit a couple of lakes off the beaten path.
What about off trail from Lake Ritchie campground to say Lake Ritchie canoe or Intermediate Lake or Chip. Harbor to Lake Whittelsey or Wood?
Probably same answers?

Good morning, Going to be at the island next week and I was looking at the map and was wondering if it is possible to bushwack from Chippewa Harbor across to Maskey Basin. Distance does not look bad and it looks pretty flat. I am assuming somewhat wet? I wanted to check out the lakes and streams for...

Thank you all, the plano box was going to be what I was thinking, but just wanted to see what others might use. Thanks again.

Good afternoon...hopefully somebody can guide me a little on this, I am heading to the island in September for backpacking and going to fish as well, but I am trying to be weight conscious and I am struggling to figure out what to carry my lures in. Any ideas as to what works best? Want to bring an ...

Thanks, few more details...we are planning taking a plane in and out, so my thought was maybe fly in one spot and fly out the other, but I would like to hike trails by water as much as possible. My brother mentioned we should go the whole length, from RH To Windigo, or vice versa. I guess we will ha...

sorry...September 2015. I guess I should have said that.

I am planning my first trip to IR and plan on 5 or 6 nights and I was curious of opinions as to where to start, Rock Harbor or Windigo? Any opinions on camp sites and scenery at either end of the island? Thanks.