Your outpost cabin has a full-size stove and oven, a gas BBQ, a fish cooker, and a large fridge and freezer — so you can eat well all week. The only real job is planning groceries by weight, since food and drinks count toward your 100-pound-per-person allowance. Here is a proven six-day plan, with quantities for groups of four and eight.
How the days flow
A simple hot breakfast and coffee, a light lunch out on the water, and a hot dinner with a fresh fish fry most nights — the legendary shore lunch being the highlight. The full kitchen is provided; see the outposts overview for what is already at the cabin.
Six-day grocery plan
Quantities below cover a group of four and a group of eight. Freeze what you can — frozen meat and juice ride in as ice and thaw as you need them.
Breakfast
Item
Group of 4
Group of 8
Tip
Bacon
3 lb
6 lb
Frozen — eat early in trip
Sausage
2 lb
4 lb
Mix with eggs or pancakes
Eggs
3 dozen
6 dozen
Pack carefully, use early
Hash browns
2 bags
4 bags
Frozen — double as ice
Pancake mix
1 box
2 boxes
‘Just add water’ preferred
Syrup + butter
1 each
Larger sizes
Plastic bottles
Oatmeal packets
24
48
Lighter backup breakfast
Coffee, tea, creamer
Shared
Shared
One shared container
Frozen juice concentrate
4 cans
8 cans
Ice early, drinks later
Lunch
Item
Group of 4
Group of 8
Tip
Bread
4 loaves
8 loaves
Freeze some loaves
Tortillas / wraps
2 packs
4 packs
Durable and pack-friendly
Sandwich meat
2 lb
4 lb
Eat first 2–3 days
Peanut butter
1 jar
2 jars
Very calorie dense
Jam
1 lb
2 lb
PB&J standby
Cheese
2 lb
4 lb
Sandwiches and crackers
Crackers
2 boxes
4 boxes
Snacks and lunch filler
Snack bars
24
48
About one per person per day
Nuts / trail mix
3 lb
6 lb
High-calorie snacks
Chips / pretzels
3 bags
6 bags
Box to avoid crushing
Dinners
Item
Group of 4
Group of 8
Tip
Steaks
4
8
First-night dinner
Pork chops
4
8
Second-night dinner
Chicken breasts
8
16
BBQ night or baked
Li’l smokies / sausages
2 lb
4 lb
With beans or appetizers
Potatoes
10 lb
20 lb
Baked/boiled + fish nights
Rice (instant)
4 lb
8 lb
Lightweight meal base
Pasta + sauce
3 lb + 2 jars
6 lb + 4 jars
One or two pasta nights
Frozen vegetables
2 bags
4 bags
Use in several dinners
Baked beans
3 cans
6 cans
Great with fish and meats
Fish fry coating
1 bag
2 bags
For your fresh walleye
Cooking oil
1–1.5 L
2–2.5 L
For fish and hash browns
Onions, carrots, veg
4–5 lb
8–10 lb
Flavour and sides
Condiments & staples
Item
Group of 4
Group of 8
Tip
Salt, pepper, spice kit
Small kit
Shared
One kit serves all
Ketchup, mustard, BBQ
Small bottles
Medium bottles
Medium sizes are enough
Sugar
1 lb
2 lb
Coffee and recipes
Mayo (squeeze)
1 bottle
2 bottles
Keep cool, use early
Beverages
Item
Group of 4
Group of 8
Tip
Canned beer
2 cases (48)
4 cases (96)
About 20 lb per 24-can case
Pop / flavoured drinks
1 case
2 cases
Mixes cut weight
Drink mixes
Assorted
Assorted
Gatorade / Crystal Light
Ice & extras
Item
Group of 4
Group of 8
Tip
Ice / frozen jugs
As needed
As needed
Frozen food doubles as ice
Treats (cookies, candy)
Assorted
Assorted
Comfort and morale
Lighten the load
Vacuum-seal and freeze meats — they ride in as ice and thaw as the week goes on
Choose powdered drink mixes over canned pop wherever you can
Estimate about a pound per canned beverage and plan your coolers accordingly
Pack groceries in small, sturdy boxes rather than loose bags
Grocery pre-order. Most groups pre-order groceries from Cloverleaf in Emo on the drive up rather than hauling everything from home. See Before You Fly for where to stay, shop for groceries, and pick up bait and licenses on the way in.
