Best fishing lodge/lake/river for walleye in ON/QC?

[JasonT]

In all your years of fishing, which is the one place in Ontario/Quebec that produced the best non-stop walleye action you've ever had?

Asking because I'm looking into booking a trip this fall but there are so many choices to be found online that it is hard to narrow down.
Basically we'd like this to be a non-stop fishing action, trip of a lifetime.

thanks in advance!

[smitty55]

Boy Jason, you don't want too much do you lol. Even the most prolific waters can turn off for any number of reasons.
Basically, I would figure that the further north you go, the better chance you have of getting into real good fishing. Even better, go to a fly-in camp. So it depends on how far you want to go and how much you want to spend. Some people target big fish only while others look for quantity. Regardless, being out in the wilderness fishing, enjoying life and forgetting about the rest of the world is what it's all about. It also depends on how much you want to rough it.

Personally, the best Walleye and Lake Trout trips I have ever been on have been to Kipawa. It's only 4 1/2 hours from Ottawa and it's all paved roads. It's a huge, beautiful lake you could spend a lifetime learning. We started out camping at first and then moved to Corbeau lodge which has now been bought by Eric Lindros and is private, and then stayed at Alwaki Lodge ever since then. Best times of my life for sure. Plus, the northern lodges up towards Laniel now have an excellent Smallmouth fishery as well.

Check out Kipawa.com for lodge info and Kipawa.net for great forums with tons of info on techniques and locations. One of the members even makes up a dvd of his trip every year and will mail it out free for anyone who wants it.

Good luck with your trip and let us know what you decide. Cheers

[Kerrazy]

Camp Mac Mac on lake nippising.
This past Saturday to Tuesday my crew of 5 men fishing from 6:30-7pm to dusk each night pulled out a total of 102 walleye.
Last year same time 114.
Call cliff he is a good guy!
Tell him the crazy Indian sent you!

[Tomcat]

Basically we'd like this to be a non-stop fishing action, trip of a lifetime.

Take a look at St-Cyr Royal - see http://www.stcyrroyal.com/

While I haven't fished there, it's on my bucket list for "trip of a lifetime". This year will be my fifteenth trip to Lake Kipawa since 2001. While I love everything associated with my one week trips to Kipawa, and we have had some great trips, I would not consider any of those trips in the category of "trip of a lifetime". However, to each his own.

[Doug]

June, probably the Gouin Reservoir.

September, probably Lac Seul, and this is a great lodge: http://www.lacseuloutposts.com/

I have never been, but have been told that Diamond Lake up near Temagami also has fabulous walleye fishing.

All of those trips involve a lot of driving/travel.

Doug

[Troutskiii]

Two huge provinces so its a very tough questions to answer. I've had fantastic luck up in northern ontario for walleye,lake trout and specks, I'm spoiled as I have family smack in the middle of some of the best and least fished lakes around in the middle of nowhere.

As far as outfitters go there's a long list to choose from, if you look in the wawa and chapleau area there are some top notch camps up there. Moose Horn is one of them, been opened since the 50's and is a fantastic spot, there's also Air Ivanhoe that does fly in fishing and hunting trips, nice selection of camps to choose from and a wonderful family that runs it.

Long list do your research but I can honestly say I've never been disappointed anywhere I've fished in northern ontario, there are so many lakes and so little people to fish them. Some of the lakes I have fished are old family secrets passed down from the old timers, there so remote getting to them is the biggest challenge but the fishing is world class.

Good luck and I don't think you will be disappointed anywhere with the fishing in the areas I mentioned.

[JasonT]

thank you all for the replies, it is much appreciated.

certainly lots of info to look into

much appreciated and tight lines to all

[moonshine]

I second the Chapleau area. I have fished the Chapleau River during the day and it was great. BUT, if you head into the game preserve to Racine Lake, the dusk and dawn bite is out of this world. the lodge there has many cabins and boats to rent. It's very affordable and you ARE in the middle of nowhere.

[scuro]

Guys go to Lake Kesagami with clickers. 200 walleye in a day is the norm. I promised my wife a walleye in 5 minutes, she hated trolling from nights of trolling and getting skunked with dad, we trolled a point mid day and had two in 5 minutes. You will pay dearly to fish at the lodge seeing that it is 50 miles from James Bay. Great lodge...great service. There is another outfitter for the DIY type for about 1/2 the overall cost. I go for the pike and we will be there in a month's time.

[Dobinsk]

The best fishing I've experienced is on Lady Evelyn Lake north of Temagami. It can be reached by boat so likely not as expensive as some of the fly in places. In the fall 100 walleye days per angler are possible if the bite is on, with 30 inch plus fish not being uncommon, and the smallmouth and pike fishing is second to none as well. Lake trout and speckle trout are also possible with the boat caches most of the outfitters have on adjacent lakes. Here's a link to one of the lodges on the lake, but there are several others I'm sure you can find using google. http://garden-island.com/index.htm

Dobinsk

[Yannick Loranger]

Lake Abitibi near Matheson, ON in March. Quality and quantity of walleye with giant pike mixed in.

[Moosebunk]

Kesagami Lake.

Have ice fished many times there and would generally average 40-60 in a day for 2, but have had a 90 fish day. Friend of mine guides there and at opener put two guests on 404 walleye in 4 hours. "Clickers" as Scuro said. Adjacent lakes to the main lake one can catch dozens of eyes at sunset or in a few hours on dirty days.

Attawapiskat River.

Nearer to ice out this river has the biggest numbers of above average sized walleye. On James Bay I have fished Ekwan, Lowashi, Moose, North French, Kwetabohagan, Cheepas, Abitibi, Kesagami, Mattagami, Missinaibi and Mississicabi Rivers. This river has the best big walleye - big pike combo punch of any of them.

Mississicabi River.

Untouchable numbers of fish. All in timing. No outfitter. Only place I have ever been where there are so many walleye that several tried jumping out of the water to hit a jig left hanging off the side of the boat. These are tidal fish that often move and eat in schools at hightide near the river's tidemark. Probably why they're so aggressive in a relatively small and very shallow river system with a limited forage base other than bugs.

If having to choose I'd go with Attawapiskat first, simply because the sacrifice of numbers for the possibility of bigger jigged fish is preferred.

[Doug]

back to Moosebunk:

What outfitter on Attawapiskat would you recommend? (I recall reading your trip report about one operator, but I think there are several?)

Sounds like a trip I might have to try myself!

Doug

[smitty55]

Bunk had posted some great pics and stories about Attawapiskat in the past but they may be gone now.
Here's a link to another great post of that area. Definitely worth checking out. http://ontariofishingcommunity.com/foru ... opic=70067

Cheers

[JasonT]

Bunk had posted some great pics and stories about Attawapiskat in the past but they may be gone now.
Here's a link to another great post of that area. Definitely worth checking out. http://ontariofishingcommunity.com/foru ... opic=70067

Cheers

wow that looks like a heck of a fun trip!