Lake Superior PP Interior Canoe Trip: Gamitagama Onward (1 of 2)
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- Опубліковано 7 жов 2018
- A trip into Lake Superior PP's interior (Gamitagama to Old Woman Lake and beyond) with a good showing of wildlife, speckled trout, and fall colours. A less-than-accurate map, 7km of steep and muddy portages, along with the rain, wind, and chill of autumn made for a fairly challenging trip. But in the end, Old Woman Lake proved that she was worth the effort.
Audio Credits:
Chris Zabriskie - That Kid in Fourth Grade Who Really Liked the Denver Broncos chriszabriskie.com/
Chris Zabriskie - I Don't See the Branches, I See the Leaves chriszabriskie.com/
Decades ago my wife and I nearly got lost on a so-called Lake Superior Provincial Park "trail." It added to the adventure, but ...
Hahah the beaten path there isn't all that beaten eh. My Dad and I completely missed a turn on a hike there too and ended up doing a much longer trail
The meaning of Lost Lakes really hits home in this video!
A absolute pleasure to watch..! Thank You..!
Thanks again Donny! 😀
Beautiful Brookie, beautiful scenery and a beautiful video. I enjoy your videos so much! Keep doin what you're doin!
Really appreciate that! :)
I find myself watching your older videos in between your new ones coming out. They are so enjoyable to watch, especially the ones catching brook /speckled trout which are my favorite fish. I am looking forward to seeing more adventures up in God's country with Jon and Erin. There is just something intangibly refreshing about watching you all having such a good time with the simple pleasures of canoeing, fishing, camping, etc. in such awesomely beautiful country .
Thanks so much Jeff! Really appreciate that. But be forewarned if you go back into 2017 and 2018 videos, they get pretty slow lol
Great photography and a fine editorial rhythm. Glad you had the trip, and thanks for sharing all these.
Greatly appreciate that!
Felt your pain at the start of your journey. We stayed over night at Far Island as well. FYI the Lake Superior Backcountry team cleared what they could of that trail from Gamitagama to Old Woman to Mijinemungshing summer of 2019. August 2019 - the path from Mirimoki to Mijin was a killer. Nearly dried out marsh due to the huge beaver dam at end of Mirimoki. Scooted synchronously for a long time along the marsh until the water got deep enough for us to paddle. Then portaged along the edge of the marsh for 2 Km thereafter until reaching Mijin. Beautiful lily ponds!
Thanks Julie! They weren't that bad overall, I was mostly caught off guard by my own preconceptions. I almost never paddle in operating parks and I guess I had this vision that they were all Algonquinesque. I've heard that is a very rough go through Mirimoki. Well done! I believe Brad from Explore the Backcountry documented it on video, if memory serves.
Hey guys I didn't know how to get ahold of you any other way but John that last trip you just took on lake Michigan that was the most amazing Northern lights I have ever seen in my life thank you so much amazing boy keep going, 👍👊👍👊
Thanks a lot Todd! Lake Nipigon I'm assuming that's meant to be??
Just found your channel. I appreciate how you respect the fish. I'm enjoying your videos!
Thanks Terral! We anglers take a lot from the fish, whether for food or for fun, so they deserve to be handled with care at the very least 🙂
Watching Back Country before heading out is a mistake,lol. I never really worried about bears until I watched that movie.😂
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Enjoyed Part one... now on to part 2
Jon, if I had of known you were doing this route I could have given you a heads up on the clustermess that is that portage into Picea Lake! Just did this route down through the Sand River with my brother and two friends this July. That portage down into Old Woman is a doozy too. Major respect for doing it solo. Great video as always.
Haha if only. I was rather confused. That seems like a fantastic route down the Sand if you can shuttle. How was the river? Thanks my friend :)
So were we lol. Luckily from there on out the map was fine. The Sand was stunning. The campsite at the base of Calwin Falls is one of the nicest I've ever stayed at. Highly recommended!
Damn! Duly noted!
love your videos. your on your way to millions of subs!!
Thanks as always Christian!! Don't know about that, but maybe someday 10K lol
Another wonderful video. You are quickly becoming my favorite outdoor videographer. It is a great trait to respect nature, but no need to become a vegetarian. Even fish eat fish, along with bears and eagles, and most other mammals. Let’s just be sure to take care of the resource so it is here for future generations. I am trying to go back and catch up on your older vids. Please keep up the fine work.
Thanks again rifleman, really appreciate all your support lately 🙏 I don't think I'll ever go veggie, I just try to cut back so as to only take my share of what nature could sustain if everyone lived the way I do. With exactly the goal that you noted :)
yup I might have to stop watching your videos as I am drooling over your fresh fish every time. Lol Love your vids👍
Hahaha thanks Jan!
Hey Jon ... Hope all is well, just came across this vid and glad I did. Going to be up in your neck of the woods again, for a couple months this time (if all goes well).
The second port; one marked 880m, when looking at Google Sat images it looks like the entire thing can be at least waded. After watching your vid I would have lost my marbles on something so blatantly mismarked LOL. I want to call LSPP and get a map, but jezzzz why would I LOL.
Happy Thanksgiving Jon. Looks like another great trip. Part 2 coming soon? Picked up my canoe last week been out 2x so far but no fish yet. It's been windy and rainy here the last few days. I'm hoping for better weather this week. So I can get on the board with my new ride. Hope all is well man . Have a great week.
Thanks my friend, same to you! Part 2 in a few days :) Must feel great to have her in your possession, but it sure is a lot harder to find peace in the wind and rain. People always romanticize autumn weather, but it is the nastiest season. Hope you get some nice days in before freeze-up!
Also, your videos are AMAZING, you keep us laughing constantly!! Wish I had your charisma on camera Hahaha
Make my day why dontcha.... thank you!!!
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Ha ha, I was waiting for you to blast a demonic donkey fart when you were warming up your ass on the fire...another great video!
My last fishing trip I mountain biked in and a stick got stuck in my spokes and snapped my rear deraileur right off. Was only half way in!
Just threw my pack on the handle bars and continued on.
Only had one nibbling bite and lightly hooked it, but it got off just as I was eyeing my net.
Lol!! Thanks Janne! That's brutal when our gear lets us down, and when the fish tease us 😅
I’ve been following your videos since last year and the most obvious detail is your concern for the fish and ensuring that it doesn’t suffer any more then it has too. With that being said I’m curious on which is your preferred means of dispatching a fish. I’m not an avid fishermen but I do fish and I’m always concerned if I’m doing it the most effective/humane way.
I appreciate that Alain...I try. While it looks and sounds like the most barbaric and least humane way to do it, I really believe crushing the skull with a large rock or heavy stick, and with a solid object beneath, is the most humane way. I crush it repetitively (probably half a dozen times in quick succession) to make sure it's done, but I try to make the first one count so that the fish dies instantly. I paddle to shore immediately, and keep the fish in the water (in my net) on the way so it's not suffocating all the while. Stringers or allowing it to suffocate in the boat should be illegal, and bleeding the fish out sounds like a bad way to go. For ice fishing, if it's at least -15, it seems like the cold takes them pretty quickly. Good on you for thinking about it.
Good video. New subscriber. I think it's great (and brave on a fishing channel) to voice an interest in humane treatment of animals and vegetarianism. Cheers.
Thanks Andrew! Every fish I dispatch seems to brings me one step closer to vegetarianism. It creates a different appreciation for food and for life. It's really hard to watch them take their last breath. Treating fish with respect is extremely important to me.
Can't believe you only have 6 k subscribers. Great channel!
Thanks Jim!! Been a slow build but I'm just happy sharing what I love anyway 🙂
Thanks, guys. Now all I can think about is googling" the movie Backcountry" Thirty plus years of sleeping in bear country and I still get nervous.I am not afraid of being attacked but just having to deal with them in camp is completely nerve-wracking. I have had one watch me make a sandwich in the middle of the night. My headlamp caught its eyes which I mistook for a raccoon. The best bear deterrent is a good dog.
Lol keep the bear spray holstered at all times...provides a lot of peace of mind. And don't camp by rushing water...can't hear anything.
I very much like and agree with your humane fishing practices. I believe that if a person is going to hunt/fish and take a life, you owe it to that critter to do it humanely. I also like your advice on Jiffy Pop! haha! Thanks for sharing.
Exactly. They deserve our empathy at the very least. Hahah Jiffy Pop is the most wasteful product in the world...I despise it.
Thanks for all your great work and videos. My wife and I are planning this trip next month. Any advice on that 800m port from pond to Picea. Your video suggests following a stream below the pond after the first 450 m Portage instead of the portage marking on the old map? Any recollections would be great! I used to camp with Joe Robinet, our second trip together was the Belanger Lake series many years ago. It was fun watching you guys work together, as buggy and mess as that trip might have been. KGD
Same question I think. After the 450 and pond, there's an 880 marked on the map. It looks like you did the first part of that, then went down the creek for the rest of it. Satellite looks like the creek is do-able the whole way. Going with family in August and deciding between Belanger and Old Woman. Old Woman seems to offer more adventure and unknown.
@@benalles8122 Hi Ben. Maybe my wife and I will see you out there. Here is our old video of the Belanger Lake set. I agree if you have more time, Old Woman seems to offer more in the way of exploration.
ua-cam.com/video/HfJKO8T1nz4/v-deo.html
Ps Backcountry angler - hopefully my linking the video above isn't taken as a sign of disrespect to you are your excellent content. K
Hey KGD! Joe mentioned that when we were out on Mijin last month :) Yeah that 800m port doesn't exist where it's marked. Go to the southwest end of the pond. You'll see a beaver dam and a port sign. All you have to do is lift over the BD on the west side of the creek, then follow the creek along the mucky shore and you'll run into the trail after probably 100m or so. It's not hard if you do that...confusion was the main obstacle. Lots of elevation change on these trails though that's for sure. Hahah no disrespect taken whatsoever but I appreciate your thoughtfulness!
Hey Ben, I haven't done Belanger but I definitely get that sense as well. However, as I said to KGD, there's significant elevation change on the ports getting in there that could challenge a family with heavy loads...unless you're planning on playing pack mule :) And you gotta do them all on the way back out too!
@@LostLakes So in other words, the same saying immortalized by Andy Baxter (of Happy Camper fame) applying to Killarney applies to Lake Superior...."In Killarney all portages point up". Belanger had a really steep port to the last lake in the route namesake as I recall. It was a long haul going up to the highest elevation lake then easier time going downhill all the way back. Thanks for responding to my query Backountry! Ken
great videos i want to know about sasquatch, any spooky things in the night?
Thanks Mark! Never seen or heard anything I thought was sasquatch-like so far
Great video! I fished Old Woman Lake back in 1996 nut we came in through Mijinimungshing Lake. I have the same Eureka Screen house and plan to use it with my hammock this summer - any tips?
Thanks Michael! It sounds like that route from Mijin had literally dried up. Definitely...Most important thing I could say is to get two loops of ropes for each end of the hammock to extend the distance you can find trees to hang from, and to help you get the right distance so that you're positioned right under the tarp, since it's not custom made to fit like a packaged hammock solution. The ropes should be different lengths so you have a bit of play as to which end you need to be closer. I bought a thick 50ft polycord and made one loop about 17ft (34ft of rope) and the other about 13ft (26ft of rope). It can be a bit awkward solution, but once set up it's by far my favourite setup.
Backcountry Angling Ontario thanks for the tips. I’ve been watching more of your videos and you’ve been on a lot of the routes I’ve done. Your Lake au Sable / bark Lake video has convinced me to do that route this summer. Keep making the great videos.
Thanks again!! That's awesome--it's an excellent route. Bark Lake is okay (has the lodge and an outpost camp), but the very best part is Big Trout to Boumage (and walk the Bark Lake portage as a trail for the giant pines). If I were to go again, I would likely do a return trip on just that route.
Hahahaha Jon!! I literally did the same thing, I watched that stupid movie Backountry and then I decided it was a good idea to watch billions of youtube videos about bears, good and bad.... And then this past weekend in the backcountry I did NOTHING but think of bears the entire time. Had a dream about a moose running through my camp and getting caught up in my tarp and running off with it, and then I poked the side of my tent and a bear swatted my hand. then I woke up to a completely deafeningly silent night.. so I laid there listening for bears... Ugh.
LOL...toooo funny. Buy bear spray if you don't already have it. Even though it's a terrible weapon when you're inside the tent, it's still some peace of mind. Looking forward to your vid! I love the north side of Algonquin.
Haha we actually ordered bear spray for our most recent trip, prime eligible and all and they messed it up so it didn't come in time!! So we brought a small air horn in hopes to scare a bear away if necessary. I think there are actually the exact same things on the market called bear horns lol. The bear spray came in today haha 🙄
Haha of course eh. Prime rarely disappoints though. I carry a little dollar store horn too, but the spray is a lot more comforting.
This is true! I definitely had many irrational thoughts about bears that would maybe have been eased with some bear spray. Lol
At 10:26 at first I thought it was a bear trying to take down your hanging satchel. LOL.
LOL!
I’d never heard of backcountry the film before. Naturally I decided I had to go look up the trailer. I know if I watch it it will totally mess with my mind on my next trip to the boundary waters. Somehow though I know I will watch it despite the fact lol. I actually got bluff charged by a mama bear once when I was in st croix state park which is a park about 45 minuets north of mpls. I stumbled upon her and her cubs while hiking next to a creek. She was pissed that I was there and I could tell. When she came at me I about had a heart attack. I think the only reason she stopped though is cause she did not want to leave her 3 cubs alone. It definitely ranks right up there with the scariest moments of my life.
Hahaha sounds like a foregone conclusion....might as well just get it over with. It's low budget so it's kinda fun. Oh man, that's the last thing you want to stumble upon eh...terrifying. One of those moments you look back on where you could've been killed but instead nothing happened whatsoever. Life is crazy.
Hey Jon,
I know i'm posting on a pretty old video but am a recent subscriber and fan of your work and have just booked a 5 day trip to lake superior provincial park so me and a buddy can fish for some brook trout and salmon in late September. Was wondering if you had any resources or information to share, would be appreciated as I've never tried this park out before! Will be staying at rabbit blanket campground and have car/canoe/hiking abilities for the trip. Also if you had any maps available that would be huge.
Thanks
Hey Karl, appreciate that. There are some maps that might be helpful here (if you don't have them already):
www.ontarioparks.com/park/lakesuperior/maps
The mouths of rivers would be the best starting point, but brookies are closed now on the big lake. Though inland you'll have until the end of the month. I caught my first rainbow trout at the mouth of the Sand :) I fished Mijin Lake this spring (which you can drive to) and got into a couple of nice brookies. There are brook trout lakes off of Mijin too if you want to use any of those maps to portage into them. Good luck!!
@@LostLakes Awesome, will definitely have to check out Mijin. Thanks for the pointers and the link!
and don't forget that classic "bear" movie = The Edge !!!!!!
Oh man, I had forgotten about that one. Pretty sure it was the first thing I watched with my fam when we bought our first big TV! And by that I mean a 27" pig of a CRT.
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Do you use any external microphones with your go pro?
Only on the main camera...thought about it for the GoPro but the onboard mics are reasonable most of the time as long as you project, especially Erin's Hero7 (I've got the 6). It's no longer waterproof and much less convenient (e.g. can't slip it in your pocket) with the external mic, so at that point it defeats the purpose of a GoPro for my applications. If I really need the sound quality, I'm gonna shoot with the main camera.
Backcountry Angling Ontario Very good point. I’m just wondering what you shoot the GoPro in? I bought a hero 7 and recorded a trip in 4K 60fps but when I uploaded it to UA-cam from my iPad and watched it, it was very blurry.....
@@ThatsAPaddlin88 that's weird. I shoot 60fps 1080p because 4K is really laborious to store, play back, and edit unless you have really good hardware. Possible that UA-cam is just preparing it still and it'll clear up... Try forcing the quality to HD in UA-cam's settings if you haven't. Otherwise 🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️
There's a storm chaser on You Tube that's the Storm Chasing version of you Jon. His videos are artistic, he loves all kinds of wildlife, he's funny and is quite knowledgeable in his specific interest. His name is Hank Schyma but his stormy name is Pecos Hank. Check him out.
Hahah awesome, I'll check him out!
How do you shut the bug shelter? Does it have 2 zips?
Or you using bread clips ? 😂😂😂
Do you use a dslr and gopro?
Used to have a 4-lens kit but it's way too heavy and complicated and not versatile enough for backcountry filming. Now, my main camera is a Panasonic FZ300 with a Rode VideoMicro external mic, and the B cameras are a GoPro Hero 7 and Hero6. Hero 7's onboard mics record much better audio, so the 6 is mostly for underwater and time lapses now.
the "signed" portage is under water. ;)
Hahah that would explain it
Dispatching a fish, is always dreaded.
I used to really enjoy Lake Superior Provincial Park before the Harris government privatised the provincial parks. By that, I mean that the provincial government greatly reduced funding the parks and forced them to partially rely on "user charges." The charges are so high that I practically cannot afford to fish there anymore. The soak (cost) resembles the gouge for a lift ticket at ski areas. If fish only a single day, and the fish decide to be inactive, it can seem like I've been had by a sleazy salesman.
Hahah I hear ya Ronald. I generally like programs that support themselves, and I like supporting parks, but the fees really add up. I've spent about 300 days in the backcountry over the past few years, and I think this is one of the only non-crown land/non-free trips I've done.
@@LostLakes -- Yeah, I don't mind contributing, but I can't afford their extremely stiff charges.
Makes you laugh a lot
It gives me the creeps walking under those big hanging dead trees. Like the old saying, if a tree falls and no one hears the squish, are you still dead? Yup.
Hahah I totally feel ya on that. The odd time when I have no choice but to set up camp near one (namely if it's getting dark and I need to make camp), it gives me a bad feeling. Had a large tree limb fall on my campsite at Killbear about 5 years ago. A few metres over and it could've killed us.
Glad it missed you! I'm loving your videos!
@@jesse-raybear-baldwin thanks brother 🙏🙏
Don't tell the specks they're gonna be lunch. No wonder they fight so hard, even after they're caught.
Hahah of course... How could I be so foolish
Hhahahahaahaha great quote
You seem pressured for time to go from a to b. Suggest you do a video where things are slowed down.
Yeah some trips that's true, and I definitely prefer enough time to soak it all in, but there's so much to see too!
Loons sound like bull elk
Oh no !! My wife watched that stupid movie. We just got back from a trip in Algonquin. Radiant lake. That’s all she could talk about was bears and bad dreams. Lol we should have warned you about that movie. Lol sorry Jon.
LOL good thing you were there Ryan. I had actually watched it a couple of years ago too, but watching again rattles the old cage a little. Just bearanoia!
So glad you have not caved to the vegoyerrian worldview which is in final nihilistic. Stay sane. Please.
Just an fyi, brook trout and lake trout are not really trout. They are members of the char family.
Yessir! Yet forever misnamed they shall likely remain lol
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You way overcooked that trout. I eat 'm raw with a sprinkle of salt
Lol true
That’s Ontario government for ya as far as our Natural Resources . OMNR Ontario Ministry of No Results .
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How could you eat that poor fish ?
I suppose that's a personal choice we all make
@@LostLakes I was just kidding....don't take it too hard
Lol my bad. There are a lot of chirpers out there!