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- Sat Aug 22, 2020 9:09 am
- Forum: Trip Reports
- Topic: Trip Report: Aug 6-13, 2020
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5299
Re: Trip Report: Aug 6-13, 2020
Thanks so much for posting your report - and video. It brought back fond memories from many, many moons ago - seaplane from Houghton, Huginnin Cove, Feldtmann Lk, Rainbow Cove, Siskiwit Bay. It wasn't raining, but we still got soaked from the waist down on the trail where you can't see your feet - b...
- Tue Mar 17, 2020 4:19 pm
- Forum: Trails & Campsites
- Topic: Beginner trip for 12 and 9 year old boys
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4934
Re: Beginner trip for 12 and 9 year old boys
I first took our son to IRNP when he was 9; he’s mid 40’s now. We had a great experience the first time and have had many more since then. I would add: - The first priority is to stay warm, dry, fed & hydrated. It can get cold at night even in August. So it’s important to always have dry clothes...
- Wed Jul 10, 2019 10:13 am
- Forum: Transportation & Lodging
- Topic: Water Taxi Reservations?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2039
Re: Water Taxi Reservations?
Last May, I made a water taxi reservation for next month. You do have the correct phone number. But there's limited phone service to the island so you have to keep trying; especially during peak season (Now through August). I've sometimes found that if you just keep pressing "redial" on yo...
- Wed Jul 03, 2019 12:11 pm
- Forum: Canoeing, Kayaking & Fishing
- Topic: Coaster Brook Trout
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2235
Re: Coaster Brook Trout
Interesting! Thanks for sharing.
Do you have a link to the original article?
Do you have a link to the original article?
- Mon Jul 01, 2019 5:36 am
- Forum: Canoeing, Kayaking & Fishing
- Topic: Coaster Brook Trout Fishing
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5691
Coaster Brook Trout Fishing
This week's episode of "Michigan Out of Doors" has a segment on fishing for Coaster Brook Trout on Isle Royale. It's the first 14 minutes of the show.
I'm not a fisherman, but I still found it interesting.
You can view it here:
I'm not a fisherman, but I still found it interesting.
You can view it here:
- Sun Jun 30, 2019 5:31 pm
- Forum: Trip Reports
- Topic: TR: 6/22-6/27 2019 : Greenstone Trail RH to Windigo (3MC-WCB-HL-SLD-WC)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3436
Re: TR: 6/22-6/27 2019 : Greenstone Trail RH to Windigo (3MC-WCB-HL-SLD-WC)
Thanks for making time to share your trip report on the forum. Well done. I enjoyed reading it.
Kudos to your dad for a well-planned trip. I'm glad that you enjoyed the island.
Kudos to your dad for a well-planned trip. I'm glad that you enjoyed the island.
- Mon Jun 10, 2019 12:21 pm
- Forum: Trip Reports
- Topic: TR: 6/2019 GRT/Minong/etc.
- Replies: 15
- Views: 6107
Re: TR: 6/2019 GRT/Minong/etc.
Thanks so much for your report. Your keen sense for the not-so-obvious makes your TR's fun and informative. They help my vocabulary too. I'll try to use "scarpered" in a sentence at the first opportunity!
- Wed Jan 02, 2019 1:53 pm
- Forum: Trails & Campsites
- Topic: Input/Feedback Needed!
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5544
Re: Input/Feedback Needed!
I don't believe that your plan to take the Voyageur II will work. For reasons that I've never understood, the Ranger III does not connect easily to the Voyageur II for transportation down the island. If you arrive in RH on the Ranger III on Tuesday afternoon, the Voyageur II doesn't leave RH until T...
- Fri Nov 30, 2018 3:12 pm
- Forum: Trip Reports
- Topic: First Timer perhaps 1st week of June 2019
- Replies: 16
- Views: 9148
Re: First Timer perhaps 1st week of June 2019
You probably already know this, but since no one mentioned it, I will add that the first week of June can be COLD. If there's wind off of Lake Superior, it feels colder. Some of us septuagenarians get cold quicker than we used to. There's a weather forecast, but it often changes after you're out the...
- Tue Nov 06, 2018 6:33 pm
- Forum: Trip Reports
- Topic: First Timer perhaps 1st week of June 2019
- Replies: 16
- Views: 9148
Re: First Timer perhaps 1st week of June 2019
Keith,
It's nice to see another septuagenarian on the forums! I hope you have a great trip.
It's nice to see another septuagenarian on the forums! I hope you have a great trip.
- Thu Sep 13, 2018 3:29 pm
- Forum: Pictures
- Topic: Submissions for PICTURE OF THE WEEK go here
- Replies: 265
- Views: 229861
Re: Submissions for PICTURE OF THE WEEK go here
What a great photo! Thanks for sharing.
- Tue Sep 11, 2018 7:46 pm
- Forum: Trip Reports
- Topic: TR: 8/24-8/31 (Windigo-Huginnin Cove-Island Mine-South Lake Desor-Hatchet Lake-Lake Richie-Daisy Farm-Rock Harbor)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3842
Re: TR: 8/24-8/31 (Windigo-Huginnin Cove-Island Mine-South Lake Desor-Hatchet Lake-Lake Richie-Daisy Farm-Rock Harbor)
Thanks for the trip report! I enjoyed reading about your trip and seeing your photos. Well done! I was wondering if you got confirmation of the Trumpeter Swan sighting. The latest NPS bird list for IRNP (https://irma.nps.gov/NPSpecies/Search/SpeciesList) indicates that there's never been a confirmed...
- Fri Aug 03, 2018 8:20 am
- Forum: Trails & Campsites
- Topic: First trip advice - staying at RH for 3 nights late Aug
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2354
Re: First trip advice - staying at RH for 3 nights late Aug
One person mentioned seeing a few at Lake Ojibway. I was on the Ranger III this past June when Rolf Peterson was asked to give an update on the wolf-moose situation. He used Lake Ojibway as an example of how moose can affect the vegetation. He said that a while back, Lake Ojibway had become lush wi...
- Mon Jul 30, 2018 9:05 am
- Forum: Trails & Campsites
- Topic: First timer - wondering how difficulty compares to Jordan River Valley in L.P.?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3508
Re: First timer - wondering how difficulty compares to Jordan River Valley in L.P.?
Rookie, Welcome to the forum! I've backpacked the Jordan River loop several times and all the Isle Royale trails that you list. You will absolutely love Isle Royale. In my opinion, you'll find the trails on Isle Royale more rugged; more rocks, roots and up & down. If it rains, the IRNP trails ca...
- Sat Jun 30, 2018 5:38 pm
- Forum: Wildlife
- Topic: The Case of the Shrinking Moose
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3686
Re: The Case of the Shrinking Moose
The current issue of "National Parks" magazine (Summer, 2018) has a letter to the editor that provides a counterpoint to the article in the previous edition (Spring, 2018) regarding the shrinking moose on Isle Royale. The letter reads: "The article on the size reduction of moose in Is...