dave1965

I love the scenery just as much as I like catching fish!

We've been fishing Sturgeon Lake in the Kawarthas for many years in the Spring and Summer and have had some success with the Bass, Walleyes, and Musky. Given new work restraints we can't fish Sturgeon Lake this year until the October 4th weekend. Welcoming any feedback on fishing anywhere in the Kawarthas that time of year as well as any suggestions on fishing cottages for 8-10 men. Thanks in advance, "DR" Dave .

Thanks Kuhu, I just fired them off an e-mail. I can't believe that all those years we've gone to Temagami ( Net Lake) and up the road, bass was open! Dave

Thanks everyone for the amazing leads that y'all kindly sent me. I've sent out e-mails to almost all these places and now the task of reducing it down to the winning place. I'll pm the person who suggested the place for a personal thanks. Thanks and tight lines!! "DR" Dave

Hey Spirit, After following through with the many leads in this post, your place , so far, has raised the most interest. However, there are very few pics on their site. Could you send me some pics if you have them? How are their cabins and boats? Dave

Hey Spirit, After following through with the many leads in this post, your place , so far, has raised the most interest. However, there are very few pics on their site. Could you send me some pics if you have them? How are their cabins and boats? Dave

Thanks so much Spirit. This place sounds really good and I sent them an e-mail. Did you really say that Bass is open year round? Dave

Hello Rodrap, I checked out this place on the net. How long have you been going to Chemong? We,ve been to Sturgeon Lake many times and found it really good for walleye ( but there's very few if any Pike.

I love my Senkos but they're so darned expensive. So I wait until the Spring Special at Bass Pro to load up. Anyone know a cheaper way to get them?

Nice pic and nice Pike!

I jsut e-mailed Olive Lake, Thanks, DR. Dave

Great suggestion! A few of us fished the Moon River last year and we landed some huge Bass and Pike. For our little "tourney" I never found too many cottagse rentals there but I'll cerainly check again. Thanks, Dr. Dave

Oh no solo paddler, not seperate bed rooms, but individual beds- even bunk beds would be fine, in fact preferable since it usualy costs less. In fact we've rented 4 cottages before and each year our numbers are growing. The most efficient packages for us have been the "Spring Fishing Specials" which combine the cottages and boats for 3 nights like we enjoyed at Elephant Lake and Net Lake. I'll e-mail the guys and see what they think about driving further out. I'm sure if it means lots of monster fish, it would be easy to convince since weve had some trips with the most beautiful cottages, really nice boats, great weather and only 4 hours away, but the fishing was really tough!( we were at Big Gull Lake that year). No doubt the guys would have traded that in for a far away,1 star cottage but with awesome fishing, in a heart beat! Dr. Dave

Hey Gordy, I was just checking out Ellen Island Camp last night. While it looks incredible and I've heard that Lady Evelyn Lake is awesome for Walleye ( I saw a Cronzy show at Lady Evelyn Lake), it would be a bit of a pain for us to wait for a ferry ride back and forth for us to the island epecially with all the food and booze we tend to run out of frequently. Thanks, DR. Dave

We never tried Lake Nipissing as we've preferred smaller lakes for safety reasons. But I'll take a look at Lake Nosbonsing, Talon Lake, and Callander Bay. Thanks a bunch, Dave

Whoa!!!! This is unbelievably awesome!!! I wrote this post before I went to bed last night and already received a multitude of truly great leads! I'm going to be all over the place but please bear with me. 1) Yes, we have been doing the housekeeping thing since we have some great chefs who enjoys making gourmet meals after the fishing! 2) Jimmer, you're right, Walleye and Pike is our thing and although last year Sturgeon Lake (in the Kawarthas) was excellent and Elephant Lake the year before, I have been playimg with the idea of going further North for great Walleye!The furthest North being Temagami. 3)FYI we call our friendly tournament the Annual RASS Fishing Classic - RASS an acronym for " Real Angling Super Stars" which is really funny since only half of the guys could be considered really good fishermen while the rest of us do as much socializing as fishing. We're even attracting some young guns in their early 20s to accompany us old older "farts" in our fourties -incidentally these young guns have been kicking our _sses in the past few years! We do have some friends from Quebec ( Montreal) so some yeras we tried to make it a little closer for them. Anyways I will begin my task to responding to the responses I have been receiving and I'm so, so grateful for all yer suggestions and looking forward to more! Sincerely, "DR" Dave

Ok all you fishing experts. I'm looking for a place to book our annual fishing get together. We're a group of 12 to 15 friends that have got together for fishing every late May, early June for the past 8 years.Places we`ve gone to include: The French River,Temagami, Kawarthas, and Land o`Lakes. While i usually love surfing the net looking at all the amazing places, I thought that the folks at OFC could advise some awesome places. Aside from good fishing,of course, we are looking for cottages that could sleep each guy in seperate beds with a minimum of 6 boats with motors,for 3 nights. We`re also hoping to keep it less than 5 hours from Toronto. So any lead would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance,sincerely, `DR`Dave

As a neophyte that has been resisting buying and using a baitcasting reel since I have always been happy with my array of spincasting rods and reels, My more experienced fisher friends have finally bent my arm and I purchased a shimano Curado 201E7. I'm basically looking to get pointers on how to use this thing without getting frustrated by birdnesting the darn thing. Any suggestions would be welcomed lest I pack it in and gp back to my spincasters. Thanks in advance, DR. Dave

Thanks so much for your amazingly useful information BoB, bare foot and Fishing nut!!! This is my first post and I am quite pleased as to the helpfulness! Much grateful, Dave

Thanks for the welcome gentlemen!

Hello guys, We've been having our yearly fishing tourney for some of us friends and this Spring we're looking to try Big Gull Lake while staying at Camp's Bay Cottages. We would welcome any feedback or opinion about the fishing, the lake and the place. Thanks in advance, Dave