Bright Sand River-North of Upsala/Graham

[MinnesotaMuskie]

I am taking my 2 sons and a friend to fish the Bright Sand River system north of Upsala and Graham on the Graham Trail.

Any FM'rs been up this way? Any suggestions or hints? Secret spots?

We are leaving on Memorial Day for 1 Week. We are camping just South of where the Bright Sand River cuts the Graham Trail...Below Bright Sand Lake.

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Practice CPR...Catch, Photo, Realease. Unless you pickle a small northern of course.

[MinnesotaMuskie]

Anyone out there vaguely familar with this area???

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Practice CPR...Catch, Photo, Realease. Unless you pickle a small northern of course.

[Eyewitness]

Been up the Grahm Rd. many times. BE CAREFUL! The logging truck traffic is fast and dangerous and the road can be nice and sudddenly turn bad in spots. Haven't fished Bright Sands, but I've fished Wawang and the surrounding lakes with great success. have fun, it is a beautiful area.

[Brickhouse]

When ae you going up? I will be up there with a group of 11 on July 3-9. It is beaitiful up there. It is a little wild in the bush, but some of those fish are dying of old age. We will be fishing pakashkan this year, but we used to go quite a bit further down graham road. I fished 3 other lakes and loved each one for different reasons, but my old man wants a cabin and a shower nowadays. Feel free to e-mail me for some directions. I would love to hear if you have had some luck in different lakes as well. [email protected] Good luck.

[Brickhouse]

Man...I really need to spell check!

[snag happy]

If you are staying at Pakashkan Lake Lodge I would be interested in what you thought of the place. Our group of 25 camped on the NW end of the lake last week and had good weather and fishing. Am interested in bringing the family up sometime and figure they would prefer the Lodge.

[Brickhouse]

Snag Happy. My dad and I stayed there last year and really enjoyed ourselves. We have been camping off of the Graham road for the last 10 years and always had good luck, but last year my dad said he would like a seat and a shower. Now we are pretty much locked in. The owners run a good resort and you can not beat the price. I would love to chat with you about how you did fishing. We leave in 9 days. Can't wait. Any trophies? [email protected]

[Harmonator]

I just returned from the Graham area, water levels were 4ft higher than normal. Fishing was good. A lot of eye's in the 20"- 22" range, with the largest at 28". Northerns were a little tougher but once we found them in the shallow grass, lots of fish, largest 44".

[Guest]

Hey guys,

I've been up the Graham road many times but not in the last five years. Someone told me you couldn't use the road to access Bright Sands anymore due to some piece of legislation the fly-in resorts pushed through. We were going up to Wapikamaski seven years ago and there was a sign that roughly stated; 'Any use of this road to access Lake Wapikamski is prohibited'. Ive heard that the road is posted further south now as well. Any info would be great. As far as hotspots, it's all pretty good for walleyes. Especially below any rapids.