Lakes on your HIT LIST this year

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Canadian Bacon wrote:I made a list in January

Pike lake
Otter Lake
Calabogie Lake
Sharbot Lake
Charleston lake
Madawaska head pond
Norcan Lake
Kawartha Lakes
Opinicon Lake
Sand Lake
Crotch lake
Clayton Lake
White Lake
Christie Lake
Big Rideau
Upper Rideau
Lower Rideau
Newboro Lake
Mosquito Lake
Benson Lake
Clear Lake
Indian Lake
Quinte
Ottawa River
Bacon,

You must be retired!!!!!!!! That list would take me a lifetime.

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Saskie????
Where about in Cochrane are you going to fish> I'm from Smooth Rock Falls originally which is about 35 miles west of Cochrane.If that is Cochrane Ontario close to Timmins let me know.
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That's the one - we're staying at Lillabelle Lake Resort for a night each way, which (apparently) is just outside of town by the airport. Has boat rentals and good pike/perch fishing in the lake. I'm definitely open to other suggestions on where to shore fish or rent boats, probably from shore and reasonably close (within 30min) to the trans-Canada.
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Hmmmm

More Head Pond

More Muskrat

Hardwood Lake

More Ottawa River

More Calabogie :twisted:

More Madawaska
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Saskie about 80 miles west of Cochrane is Kapuskasing (also on hwy 11) i've been gone from there for 23 years now but if anybody in kapuskasing rents boats the river there is full of walleyes and pike. If u were going up with a boat in Smooth Rock Fallls just at the bridge there's a boat launch if you go south on the river u get to a good set of rapids more like small falls walleye right there are pretty good. But there is no boat rental in S.R.F.
If I was still up there you would have a fishing partner for a day for sure,but i'm in Ottawa now.. No work up there for me because if your Dad doesn't work at pulp and paper mill chances are i never would've either. So I moved
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Last year we stopped at the Opasatika R just past Kapuskasing and let the dogs run/swim while we ate our lunch at the rest stop/boat launch there. Caught some small pike from shore. Probably do the same this year - its so convenient. Also plan to stop at the Kaginakagami R west of Hearst. There's a nice rest stop there too Anyone know what fish it has?
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If I remember well there is park on Riverside dr which is off hwy11 right across from the entrance to the mill in Kapuskasing and there is a park there I think it's called riverside park.Might be a place to try your luck there. I think there is also a boat ride there to go for a small cruise on Kapuskasing river.
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Canoedude, thanks for the input on Talon Lake. I was hoping the lake would be similar to Lake Nosbonsing in structure (which is nearby and of similar size), with less shoreline development. Like I mentioned before, I was impressed with Nosbonsing....except for too many #$*% boats and cottagers sometimes. It sounds like Talon would be difficult to fish with the steep shoreline and limited structure you mentioned. I wanted to give it a try because I heard somebody landed a verified 50 lb. musky there a few years back. I heard the same thing about Restoule, so maybe I'll give that a shot instead of Talon.....And French River Hitter wrote: "trexellunge - How did you make out on the North Channel of the French?".... I actually mentioned that I want to hit the North Channel of Lake Huron...but I fished the Upper French (North Channel of the river) for the better part of a week last season and had alot of good pike action, mostly medium sized pike, but a few good ones. I got the attention of a few big musky there too, but they just wanted to tease me :shock: . I noticed some of the other boats fishing for walleye, and they seemed to be having some action.
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Here's Mine not in any Particular order.

Quinte
Upper Rideau - camped at Water's edge definitely have to go back
Lake Mississagagon - Family vacation
St Lawrence river
Lake St Francis
Lake St Louis
Lake Memphramagog
Lake Macdonald - great smallies started fishing there
Deerock Lake - Auwsome Bass/only fished once
Lake of two mountains - MUSKIE :twisted:

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I will start this year season with.....

-Petrie Island (early only)
-Mc Greggor lake (early mostly)
-Secret lake near Fort Coulonge for Monster Brookies (opening)
-Duval Lake (early June only...interesting comming...give me PM)
-Mc Laurin Bay(all year)
-La Blanche River (early June only)
-Ottawa River...random!
....more locations still pending!

...and I will keep you updated with pics all year!!
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Bulldog..nope not retired..not even close...however I work for myself.
Those are the places I would like to get to....my goals but I will likely not get all in one summer :cry:
If not I will just add them to next years list. :D
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I would like to spend a couple weeks on lake Abitibi. I know it a hugh lake
and I hear the lake can get pretty nasty at times. But I also hear it has some of the best pike and walleye fishing that can be had. I want to drive up with my boat, camp and rough it there for a couple weeks. I have heard that access is limited to the big and little Abitibi. This trip is probably a year or two away so I'm just planning early. I have roughed it up north many times so it's not new to me.

I can find little info on the net regarding access and fishing the Abitibi. Anyone here ever fish that lake? Camped there or have any info about access?
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Post by bassnhawk »

Sounds like Bacon's gonna be fishing everyday.
I'll be exploring the Haliburton Highlands this year mostly for some big bass. I've fished the kawarthas to my hearts content and its time to go somewhere else.
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Post by Carl »

That's a good question.

I play it by mood on the day before...

Definetely 5 lakes that I haven't fished or found yet. Different fishing for me this summer.

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nofish wrote:seeing we bought a cottage on the lower ottawa last year
i think i won't venture away too much

lower ottawa
papineau-labelle park
gatineau river
poisson blanc
and any pond near the cottage

nofish
if you would like to know where to go on poisson blanc
give me a call . the laker there are outta this world , And if you like walleye go to lac des sable . poisson blanc and lac des sable are one . here is the map of lac des sable and poisson blanc .I have fish there for 20 years and had a good time there .

http://www.poissonblanc.com/cadrea.html
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