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Hi all, went camping for a couple nights at the beginning of this week at our local Provincial Park which is on a lake trout lake. I headed out two mornings in a row at the crack of dawn as it’s my experience that the fishing is better before 9am. First morning the trout were chasing and biting, the second morning out they would only chase. Both mornings produced some really nice walleye, something about walleye in trout lakes, they are tanks, difficult to find sometimes, but when you do find them it’s a blast! I finished both mornings with a few bass once the trout and walleye bite stopped around 9am, WeatherRadar was perfect, fishing was great and was back in time for breakfast.

Looks like you're from Ohio ? If your grandson is also a non-resident, he has to fish with someone with a license, and his catch will apply to the limit on that license. Or he can purchase his own license, and keep his own limit.

Looks awesome! I had the same idea about not wanting heat in the kitchen, so I cooked one of our meat chickens (that we raised) in the slow cooker. I had never done that before, and it turned out very tasty - and of course, tender and juicy. I don't like crispy skin anyways, so this was a perfectly acceptable way to cook a whole chicken. Doug

Well better late than never they say. I finally got around to making up my Ramp compound butter this year, it's so amazingly good on so many things from soup to steaks. 4 lbs of butter done up in two batches in the food processor. Included was 1.5lbs of finely chopped wild garlic, 3 envelopes of fresh thyme dehydrated along with four trays of chives and green onions dehydrated and ground up. Seeing as it's somewhat whipped up even cold it spreads pretty good. When frozen and vacuum sealed it lasts for years in the freezer as I found earlier when I came across a surprise bonus pack I didn't know was left over. Added a few tablespoons of EVOO to one batch this time as an experiment which thinned it out some so I had to chill it more before making the logs. Bit of a messy job but well worth it.

That's a nice chunk of land you have there, must be nice. We know another guy Chris who has a cottage at the top end of the lake. Yea Derek liked it there as it wasn't crowded like a lot of trailer parks and there are only about 40 trailer lots, each with a large front and back yard. Plus the access to Bobs was a bonus. It's just the last few years with price increases and the ever increasing restrictions they add to the yearly agreements that have him ticked off. Not sure about the Americans, he's never mentioned that. He's now looking at maybe also selling his house and buying a nice insulated one owner 3 season cottage on the Miss and adding heat for the winter.

Yea I fished Kipawa for close to 20 years. One year at Corbeau my bud got a 10.5lb Laker mid afternoon and I got a 11.5 lb Walleye 10:30 at night. We took both biggest fish that week all out of my little 14 ft tinner beating out all the rich yanks in their big fancy boats. That felt good.

That's why I chose to build a place on my lake in Frontenac...Walleyes and Lake Trout in the same lake. Not common in inland lakes in Southern Ontario. The Bass, Pike, Whitefish, Burbot and Crappie are just a bonus...somethin's always bitin'...and I never get bored.. Now..if I could only sneak in some Musky, I'd save myself a trip to NW Ontario every autumn...and if one of the incoming creeks had a Steelhead run...oh my...lol

As well as Whitefish and Fallfish. I fished Kipawa for many years, the Walleye in there grow quite large. In fact I love fishing lakes that contain both Walleye and Lakers, you can usually get a good bite from one or the other as the day progresses from dawn to sunset.

Good shooting ! Lake Trout lakes typically have populations of nutrient rich baitfish like Cisco and Smelt...that's why the Walleye get big....as compared to shallower lakes like the Kawarthas where the forage is mostly Perch and Shiners.

For Ontario residents, under 18 and over 65 have the limits of a full SPORT licence. As a proud 65 yr old, I'm glad to be able retain the maximum amount of fish, if I decide to..

On the off chance he’s a non resident he’d have to be accompanied by someone with a fishing license. Getting into the nitty gritty there.

Nope. Not until he’s 18. Conservation Lic limits.