Join boundary waters journal publisher/editor, Stu Osthoff, for your dream wilderness fishing trip to the BWCAW, Quetico or the Sutton river to Hudson Bay. These are the real deal 8-10 day adventures into the backcountry, no playing around the edges like other guides. You can expect the very best in canoes, camping gear, fresh food supplies, and a 100% effort to produce the best fishing trip of your life.
Consistently producing lots of big fish action for my GS-2 clients means knowing when/where/how to shift from throwing topwater bass plugs to trolling deep with big lake trout spoons to drifting jigs over windy walleye reefs to casting big spinners to monster pike along the weed beds. It takes a lifetime to understand how to play this game at the highest level. Taking full advantage of the unique challenges and opportunities of canoe country angling is where I really earn my pay.
For more information about any Grand Slam Guide Service trips, contact:
Stu Osthoff - BWJ/GS-2
9396 Rocky Ledge Road, Ely, MN 55731
Why A Guided Trip With GS-2?
About Your Guide: Stu Osthoff
Through BWJ, I have regular contact with a network of thousands of passionate canoe country anglers. I am in a unique position to learn and share new information and techniques with wilderness anglers. I am also one of the select-few guides allowed to operate in Quetico provincial park. Most Ely guides are limited to the BWCAW. I prefer to take my clients to Quetico because it has far fewer people and fishing pressure, more trophy-class fish, and offers a better overall wilderness experience.
All GS-2 trips enjoy a fresh real-food menu: no freeze-dried fare, period. Real meat and potatoes give my clients the energy to fish hard all week long. Freeze-dried may be how most people subsist on a canoe trip, but GS-2 is not your ordinary canoe trip. GS-2 believes paddling/portaging real food into the backcountry and enjoying it in a wilderness setting is a real treat to savor.
I expect my clients to arrive with a positive attitude and their own personal gear in order, ready to go. Many of my clients are in their 50’s, 60’s or even 70’s so I am familiar with planning trips for guys who are past their physical prime. I do expect everyone to paddle and portage into the backcountry because this is where the best fishing awaits. But I just ask everyone to carry what they are comfortable with. This is not a race. Overloading and/or rushing is the surest way to injury. While we do move longer distances a couple of days each trip, we generally have only 3-4 different camps on the eight-day trip. This allows plenty of camp time to relax and prep for the next day of high-intensity fishing activity.
Most GS-2 clients are individuals who I then partner-up with like-minded souls who have similar fishing goals. My job is to manage the group, so everyone works together to achieve the goal of fishing success and rewarding wilderness experience. Many clients cite the group camaraderie that usually develops as one of the best things about their GS-2 trip.
I carry a personal satellite phone with me on all of my GS-2 trips because the safety of my clients is always my foremost concern. Should we ever have a medical emergency, I can immediatEly summon the most effective assistance/ response.
