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I am going to Wendigo Lake ... it is crown land. Probably more than 4 or 5 from Toronto though. It is south of Deux-Rivieres if you are looking. Do you have the link to the spot where you could look up crown land on MNR? I am going to look myself to see if I can find it.

I was in Florida in March and saw a 100 or more Gar crusin' through the bass fry. Some of them were monsters too. I never caught any bud I did take a pic of one in the water.

Nice! How were the black flies? I am going north of there this weekend ... but not in the park. So the trout were fairly deep. Most would have expected 15' ... not 30'. Good catch!

So does DEET work with Black Flies? I have never really had to deal with them. So are there no trout fishermen from Ottawa that know the surrounding area? I am desperate for a good spot for camping/trout fishing!

Well thank you for replying ... I haven't been on the forums before so not sure of the protocol! That bug report was very interesting. I would love to know how they can project the future but it does let me know that I better prepare. I am going fishing with 3 other guys .. we have 2 aluminum boats. We have gone to Wendigo Lake for the past two years .. it is just north of Algonquin Park. You can walk a few feet and be in the park at Allen Lake We have not caught a ton of fish there but there are people that fish the lake a lot (one group for the past 25 years or so). I have been quite frustrated because we don't catch a lot and what we do catch is in the slot where we have to release them. We have caught Lake Trout and Speckled Trout there. We are looking for another place to try. We want to use a motorized boat and we would like to camp in tents. I am coming from Kingston and two of the guys are coming from Ottawa. We are not very experienced trout fishermen. We normally fish for walleye and bass.

Hi, First time post for me ... Looks like a great site! We are going fishing next weekend ... north of Algonquin Park. We are looking for trout. Does anyone have any recommendations on where we should go? We are looking for a public camping (tents) with small motorized fishing boats and looking for a place within 2-3 hrs of Ottawa. We have been going to Wendigo Lake. Had mixed success there. We are going 1 week later than usual this year. As well any reports on the black flies up there? We haven't encountered any bugs during the first weekend of May. Fearing the 2nd weekend!!!