Rudderless

After looking at my options, I'm thinking of heading into the Lake Kawawaymog area, which is Algonquin's access point #1. Chemical Road is now a maintained road, so getting in won't be too much of an issue and it's only a 5ish hour drive for me. The downside is that most of the lakes in that area seem to have some cottages or road access, so they may not be as isolated as I like. Some are stocked with Rainbow and some with Splake; would those be lakes to target or will they have a lot of fishing pressure? I will be setting up a base camp and may do day trips to other lakes in the area if I'm not getting results on the lake I camp at. Now that I've narrowed down the area, does anyone have any suggestions for lakes in that area to target or avoid? Thanks again guys for all the help.

Thanks for the help, Rod, especially for telling me about Fish Online. I was thinking of the same area but I think I'm going to play with Fish online a bit to see what I can come up with.

Hi All, I'm looking to get away the first week of January to do some backcountry camping and ice fishing. I'd like to find a spot south of Nippissing to limit the driving distance from London, but I'm willing to travel farther to make sure I have good ice and good fishing, though hopefully neither will be in short supply. My preference would be to find a place where I could park my car for 5-6 days and then hike/snowshoe to a backcountry lake to camp and fish. I'd probably want to limit the hike in to 10-12km and I'm hoping that would get me an isolated spot where the fish are so plentiful that even I can catch dinner. I've been lucky enough to have great success fishing in the summer but I'm sure most of that's because I route through many lakes that may not even see anglers most years. I've done a fair bit of ice fishing on Nippissing in rented huts, but I've just used live minnows, so I'd love some advice on what to use that I can hump in on my back or possibly on a drag-behind sled if it's worth it to bring mine. I'm experienced with backcountry camping in all conditions but I'm always happy for advice on that front, too. Thanks for the help.