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Boundary Waters (Minnesota)

1,100 lakes, no motors allowed. Water clean enough to drink.

One million acres of pristine wilderness with over 1,100 lakes connected by portage trails—no motors allowed. The Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness offers smallmouth bass, walleye, northern pike, and lake trout fishing in water so clean you can drink it straight. The experience is as much about solitude as fishing, where 90% of visitors see no other humans on a typical day. Anglers catch 10+ pound pike regularly, and the walleye average 2 pounds, making it a top destination for quiet, data-led angling.

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