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I want to go on a cool hunt or guided fishing trip next year. I'll have about $500-$700 to spend and I would like to do something pretty cool. There's the Pig Hunt in Corrine that I was considering, but I'm not sure yet. I could probably fly to Wisconson and catch trophy Browns for about $500 too. I was also considering a guided Bull Trout trip to lake Billy Chinook in Oregon.

Anybody have any other suggestions on something fun to do for that price???
Thanks,
Hookjaw
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If you decided to do the pig thing you could always make a weekend out of it. I believe he still lets people camp before and after their hunts. I think I'd probably do the brown trout trip though. That's sounds pretty reasonable if you can get it for about $500. You can always save up for another year (like I've had to do) and head to Alaska.[]
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I may just do that. The thing that sucks about Alaska is the Air Fare. I have a good friend that lives up there and he has some real good connections. I just need to get the money to get there. That will probably have to be a family vacation because I want to stay about a week or so.
The Trophy Brown trip would be less expensive with a few more people, but I can't get my friends to commit to it. I can get a round trip ticket for $150 to Chicago, and Miluakee Harbor is only an hour from there. So lets go Chad! []
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For that range, I would probably do a cast and blast trip on the Snake through Hells Canyon.

You could do about any kind of trip you wanted, Jetboat guided, Jetboat supported camping, floating or hiking or a combination of any of them. What ever level you want to spend at.
As far as the hunting, there are deer, elk, turkey and more chuckers than I have ever seen in one place in my life. The river has Smallmouth, Trout, Salmon and Sturgeon, that should keep you busy for a couple of days at least. As far as cost, being close it lets you spend on the trip, not transportation. You could drive up there in a small car with all your gear, catch a jetboat down to Granite rapids or so and camp for a few days before having the jetboat pick you back up for the ride back upstream . Spend the 1st day with the jetboat guiding you in the area you could fish the sturgeon holes and you could spot chucker areas from the boat before setting up camp.
Lots of outfitters in the area to provide what ever you want, some searching should turn up enough to confuse you.
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I'll have to check that out.
Thanks!
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[#6000bf]The tag and license is around $300 (combined). Then, since you have already purchased the hunting license, you can apply for Idaho's draw hunts elk, deer, ..... etc.[/#6000bf]
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There always Montana Took the fams to Yellowstone forget the name of the shop but there a fly shop in billings they do guided tours on the Yellowstone river.

We camped and fished all week, Im not much of a hunter but I sure there got to be some guided tour there there.
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If you're flying to WI why catch trout? Go for Pike or walleye or Musky. you can catch some world class Brown trout right here in UT. Just my 2 pennies
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a guided trip to manitoba for trophy whitetail...i was checking it out at the sports show for 650+licences..i was thinking of doing it myself,,,
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Lake Michigan has the biggest browns in the US, they have the best fishery in the US right in Miluakee bay. Tell me where in Utah I can go catch 20 browns in a day all over 10lbs? I would be lucky to get a 10lb brown anywhere here, not saying it's not possible but it's pretty rare. Not to mention they are pulling 20lb pounds out of the bay in Wisconson on a "Daily" basis.
Last time I checked, I had a trophy Tiger Musky fishery in my backyard, and a great walleye fishery a few miles to the North.
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What about getting there and back??? That's another $1000, and then bringing back 100lbs of meat will cost another bundle. I think that trip would be more like $2500 after it's all said and done.
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I made a suggestion, don't worry it wont happen again. But to answer your questions Lake MI isn't what I consider WI fishing, my mistake. If you would have said you were going to hit the great lakes then I would have thought of that I guess. Starvation has some massive Browns, Yuba or Pineview we're lucky to have but lets not be silly and confuse that with the waters in WI for N. Pike, Walleye and Musky.
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I appreciate your suggestion, sorry I got a little snappy.
There are trophy browns in many Utah lakes such as: Porcupine, Causey, Pineview, Jordanelle, Starvation, Echo, East Canyon, The Gorge, and many others. The problem is that you are not going to go and catch them consistently. Jordanelle is an exception and you can land a few 5-10 pounders on an excellent day, but you really need to know the lake and how to catch the sneaky buggers.
Utah is a great place to fish, I just want to get out and see what other places have to offer. And I want to catch one of these:
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I grew up in WI. Your comparisons to trophy lakes for Walleye and ESOX here are not very acurate. True trophy waters for ESOX dont exist in this state in my opinion where in my opinion a lot of trophy water exists here for trout. That is why I commented. I don't fish for trout unless I am camping around water where that is the only fish available. What a person from UT considers a trophy lake for ESOX or Walleye isn't the same thing as a guy from the mid west considers a trophy lake. We don't have any true Musky water here. Just Pineview and a couple others which have tiger musky in it until they die off and we'll see what the DNR comes up with. I can also bet that not many people will reel in 50-150 plus N. Pike days like you can back in WI. I've litterally caught so many N. Pike in WI that I had almost total muscle loss in my pole hand, reeling in while hanging onto the reel so the pole doesn't go flying out of it. That feeling I'm pretty confident will never happen in UT with any species of fish. Truly though, if I were going for ESOX I'd go to Canada (highly recommended trip but will cost more then 500) and catch fish, not fish for fish. If I would have known you were only interested in catching Brown trout I wouldn't have commented at all as I have never fished for them. Who knows maybe one day I'll fish for Browns. My brother lives in the burbs of Milwaukee. I never saw me going after lake trout until I got on this board. Now I'm going to give it a go with Bigfishwanted one day. Good luck on what ever you do.
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If you want to have fun with big fish I've got a couple of suggestions. 1). A guided muskie trip on Lake St. Clair. This water was in my back yard back in MI and it produces more big muskies and has a higher catch rate than any other water out there. The flight to MI right now costs $258, an out of state license is about $40. Plus motel and rental car which will keep you WELL under $500.
2). A cast/arrow combo. Hunt MI whitetails from close to a campgound along the Pere Marquette River during the fall chinook season. The fish get up to 25lbs and you can arrow a whitetail too. The out of state hunt/fish license will be about $140 total, plus rental car, and camping fees. If you're serious, I will let you know a great place to hunt/camp. I've done it before and its great fun and can be done for about $600-$700 which INCLUDES hauling venison/fish back in a cooler!
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[quote BearLakeFishGuy] Hunt MI whitetails from close to a campgound along the Pere Marquette River during the fall chinook season. The fish get up to 25lbs and you can arrow a whitetail too. The out of state hunt/fish license will be about $140 total, plus rental car, and camping fees. If you're serious, I will let you know a great place to hunt/camp. I've done it before and its great fun and can be done for about $600-$700 which INCLUDES hauling venison/fish back in a cooler![/quote]

Now you're talking!!! [cool]
PM me the info, I would really like to look into that.
Thanks!
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you dont need aguide to catch lake michigan browns..every spring right after the ice moves out usually about right now the browns move in shallow ..they catch them of the peirs and troling the shore lines with rapalas and hot n tots 15 to 20 foot of watter..this is the best time to get em here..althougt you might be disapointed on size youll get mostly 5 to 7 pounders not very many over 10 pounds..but you will get steelhead and cohos mixed in..its alot of fun to catch 20 to 30 fish in a day..
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