OK, no one else has replied, I'm starting to feel like a campground host here.

From Springstead landing or Fisherman's campsites with less rock shorelines are F-7, F-10, R-17, R-18, F-12, R-22, F-13 F-14, F-15 and R-27. If you're coming in on a Monday you should find one. Play the wind when making your selection for the week you're there.

If you have a fiberglass boat you'll be OK as long as you remember a couple of things: 1) go slow 2) Don't trust your locator chip chip 3) Don't be surprised if you hit stuff in what's supposed to be 15 feet of water 4) TFF educations come with a shuddering clunk, expletive deleteds, and a trip to your friendly prop repairman. Carry 2. I think my Humminbird GPS screen has more skull and crossbones icons than fish cribs marked.

Keeping bait alive, minnows do OK if it doesn't get to hot in a flow-troll bucket, and as long as you keep crawlers in a cold cooler they're OK. Somewhere along the week you may need ice and bait, and even gas, there are a couple of options. One is to run over to Donner's Bay, always good for gas, ice and a beer in a seat that doesn't rock back and forth. I heard from them at the Wausau Musky show this winter that they picked up St. Croix's old minnow tanks too. Haven't been there yet this year, so I can't verify you can get minnows there or not.

The other option from the Springstead landing is to make a run to the Springstead Trading post. Head back down flowage road to 182, go about 4-5 miles east, they're open late and carry gas, ice and bait.

Have fun, be safe, take a weather radio with you and don't forget to feed the donation bin slot at each landing.

We just finished up a 10-day run with commuting to work last week. Running to the Springstead landing at 5:30 am to leave is like going back in to work at 5:00 pm... but there's no where else I'd rather sleep. We almost switched sites (because of the 10-day rule) on Sunday and commuted to work this week.