ideas for a canadian fishing trip

[bemidjiwonderer]

I'm a northern minnesota fisherman that has heard of the giant walleyes and pike caught of the canadian waters. My family is planning on taking a trip sometime this early spring and I don't know where to go. We weren't really looking at flying in anywhere, more looking for somewhere that we could drive to and hook up with a local guide and maybe stay at a resort. If anyone has any good contacts or information for me it would be greatly appreciated. There will be about four of us and we are looking at about a 5-7 day trip. Please either post any help or you can email me at: [email protected]

thanks for the help

[Outfitter17]

Hey Philip:

We have some great Spring fishing at Both Happy Landing Lodge and Camp Manitou. They are boat-in Lodges. We are about 1.5hrs out of fort frances. We fish for Northern, smallmouth, largemouth, lake trout, muskie, and walleye(not at manitou). Spring is a great time for fishing everything is up shallow. With our clean clear water clarity this is and excellent time to do some site fishing, which is a blast.

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Happy Landing Lodge

[This message has been edited by Rick (edited 03-27-2004).]

[Canuck]

Bemijiwonder: I am bias as I live beside the Red River in Lockport Manitoba. I do not know if U have ever fished for channel catfish but Lockport is considered the finest in the world, bar none. Check with any of the catfishermen in your area and I am sure they will have heard of it.

It is a short drive north of Winnipeg (about 20 minutes) and only about 2 1/2 hrs north of Grand Forks ND. Have a look at "Cats on the Red" HSOforum and U can see the cabins etc. The only thing I would sugguest is keep it down to a 3 to max 5 day fishing trip if U have a family, not because they will get bored but their muscels will get sore from fighing those kitties. The average weight from May til Aug will be 15 to 25 lbs and from the end part of Aug til freeze up in the 23 to 35 lb range. Last Sept we had a group of 9 guys for 4 days from Nebraska and they landed 811 kitties that weighed in around at around 8.1 tons. Now that was a new bar setting but in the summer an average day of 3 fishermen in 8 hrs should be 10 kitties.
Stu at Cats on the Red has guides and gear and all U have to supply is your personal clothing and the energy.

[Doop]

Hey Outfitter,

Could you give me some information about the area you are talking about? I too am researching a drive to fishin spot in Canada with at least northerns and walleyes, smallies are a bonus! Thanks!

Mitch

[Outfitter17]

Hey Mitch:

The two areas I am talking about are the Pipestone lake along with our 4 great walleye portage lake and also our lodge on the lower manitou system. If you have any questions you can call me at 1-800-766-0876 or you can e-mail me at [email protected]

Thanks,

Matt Koerbitz

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[Doop]

Hey Matt,

I tried to email you at this address and it said it did not exist? [email protected]

Did I do something wrong?

Mitch

[Outfitter17]

Hey Mitch:

Try [email protected]

[Outfitter17]

Hey Mitch:

You can also check out the Pipestone - open water link on this board. It shows some good action with our walleyes, muskie, and some bass. It was taped mainly on Yoke lake.