Grand Slam Guide Service

Quetico Wilderness Sportfishing / Canoe Trips

Trip Details

Target early season lake trout, cast for topwater smallmouth, or tackle the canoe country grand slam. All trips are eight days and customized to achieve your angling goals. The package includes all canoes, camp gear, food supplies, and guide service. Group size: 6 persons- 5 plus guide. Trip cost: $1200/person. Get your group together or book as an individual and make that trip of a lifetime a reality with GS-2. It is recommended you reserve your GS-2 trip spot by September for the following summer. See the GS-2 trip schedule below for trip openings still available.

Most GS-2 Quetico trips start/finish at crane lake, MN. There is a Canada customs station here, so remote area border crossing (RABC) permits are not needed. Just bring your U.S. passport. From here, you will board a large powerboat with all our canoes/gear for transport 40 miles across Lac La Croix to our Quetico entry point. I fish all lakes in the western half of Quetico from this strategic Lac La Croix boat access. This tow-in/out saves three days of travel time vs. Entering Quetico from Ely and means a lot more fishing time on prime water. We return by this same towboat to crane lake on the afternoon of our eighth day.


For more information about any Grand Slam Guide Service trips, contact:

Stu Osthoff - BWJ/GS-2
9396 Rocky Ledge Road, Ely, MN 55731
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Trip Schedule

  • May 21-28 (1 Opening)
    8-Days, $1200/person

    Shallow Lake Trout / Pre-Spawn Bass
    McAree/Crooked/Bart/Robinson/Elk/Newt
    Easy portaging, solitude, cool temps, 3 camps...

  • June 3-12 (Full)
    10-Days, $1500/person

    Peak Topwater Smallmouth
    La Croix/Beavershouse/Jean/Sturgeon/Stu's/Antoine/Maligne
    Moderate portaging, aggressive day trips, primo big bass, 5 camps...

  • June 17-24 (Full)
    8-Days, $1200/person

    Basswood Lake Grand Slam
    Moose/Basswood/North Bay/McNaught/Dahlberg/Point
    Super-easy portaging, great smallmouth, walleye, pike combo, 3 camps...

  • June 29 - July 8 (2 openings)
    10-Days, $1500/person

    Trophy Walleye
    La Croix/Crooked/Brent/Conmee/Darky/Wicksteed/McAree
    Serious portaging, target 30" walleye w/bass on way home, 3 camps...

  • July 13-22 (2 Openings)
    10-Days, $1500/person

    Kawnipi "Walleye Factory"
    Moose Chain/Agnes/Kawnipi & back
    Serious paddling, lots 18-24" walleyes plus big bass & pike, 4 camps...


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