LOW? EAGLE? Wabigoon? Lac Seul?

[superfish2]

In the very early stages of trying to put our first Ontario fishing trip together, and am looking for advice. We will be fishing mainly for Muskies, Walleyes, with some Smallmouth fishing thrown in.

We are all fairly new when it comes to Muskie fishing so would prefer a numbers lake to a trophy lake.

We are also looking at some resorts. indian point camp on wabigoon.... andy meyers on eagle..... Actaully we would like to just rent a boat and then tent it from there.

A Lot more stupid questions but lets start there.

Any ideas?

[wildirishrose]

Superfish2, our group goes to White Otter, no muskies(that I know of) but lots of eyes and a few big swamp sharks. We bring our own boats and stop in Atikokan to buy camping permits (even though there are no "campsites" you still have to have a permit to camp on the Queens Land/Quetico). Kind of strange but a super small price to pay for the wonderfull views and outstanding fishing. If you want a resort in that area there is a place on Clearwater West Lake called Browns Resort, Clearwater West is connected to White Otter. If you end up going to this area make sure you have your boat rigged with downriggers, the lake trout fishing is great when you get sick of catching eyes. And go see Jimmys castle, it's worth the trip.

[MuskyBrian]

Do not go to Eagle Lake, highly overated on all species there is far better fishing in Canada. Lac Seaul is very solid on walleyes and pike, muskies are there and good size but the numbers are only so-so. I have heard the same about Wabigoon, there are a lot of big pike in there, Wabigoon is kind of a dark, murky lake though.

I am a big fan of Indian Lake Lodge in Vermillion Bay. Excellent Musky fishing, walleyes are there too. Great resort, nice people and excellent equipment(the boats are awesome). They have a HSOforum, Just type in Indian lake Lodge in your browser. Definetely a numbers Lake, I boated over 25 for the week last year....

[8-Ball]

Musky Brian- What a coincidence- I was just on the Indian Lake Lodge HSOforum last night and it looked pretty sweet-nice cabins, good euipment, etc. Did you ever go to some of their other lakes and try for anything? Did I read it right that you brought in 25 'Skis there in 1 week? It may be worth a trip up there!

[ZapBranigan]

I agree with MuskyBrian skip Eagle. Went on one of those bus trips. Great accomodations and food service ect. but fishing ugh. The good walleye spots were like the Freeways in the cities durring rush hour. You had to get in line and troll the pattern or be run over. Boat after boat going over the same spot. Fish ran really small. Any bay Pike all over but skinny and puny. Very disappointing. My brother in law hired a guide they caught the same little puny fish in the same spots. No secrets to fishing the lake just way too many resorts even for a big lake. I see less traffic on Minnetonka on 4th of July weekend.

[MuskyBrian]

8-Ball....On Indian there is a Chain, you have access to at least 7 lakes. Although the great part is that the best fishing is usually right near you and traveling far is not needed unless you are looking for something different. All the Lakes are different too in terms of clarity and structure. It is great water to get some experience on, there's ski's all over the place. The people who run this place are great too, they have a large staff and you always have someone there helping you. If you want email me at [email protected], I can give you some pics and more info from my trip if you want.

[superfish2]

Thank you for the info. One more question about the Indian lake. Is there any place that would let me just tent and then rent a boat?

[8-Ball]

Hey MuskyBrian- I shot you an e-mail re: Indian Lake. Let me know if you don't recieve it... 8-Ball.

[superfish2]

Well I think I've deceided on LOW staying at tenting at either red wing lodge or the lake view lodge. Any one have any thoughts on either one of these two places?