wilnobound

We were at an Outdoors living show today and talked to a fellow from Field, ON He was telling us water levels on the Temagami system are WAY down. He claims Red Cedar Lake has many "ponds" that used to be bays. Someone else said the forest fire hazard is way high too. Any observations/reports?

We are locals who fish the small rivers and lakes throughout the area. The river portions tend to be spawning beds and the action is not to good there. You are better to check out the small lakes along the river system. As I said before, the action is good along the weedbeds in the evening.

Thank you all for your valuable advice and comments. We have some little bit of knowledge to start our search with!

We caught two really nice pike on Stevenson Lake tonight. One 28 inches (we don't have a scale but hubby thinks it's about 4-5 pound) which we kept, and a 20 inch pike which we released. The edges of the weed beds all seem to be hot spots around 8 PM! We used the Gulp brand gummy minnows for bait. (We were in a canoe so don't worry about needing a motor boat.)

We are canoe fishers. We are considering buying a fish finder but know absolutely NOTHING about them. We don't want to invest a lot of $$ for an entry level piece of technology. What kind would fasten to our metal Sportspal canoe and where would be the best location to fasten it? (We have a square back model with a wood panel across the back). *IF* we put an electric trolling motor on the canoe would it interfere with the reception of the apparatus? So exactly how does it work? (ie. does something drop into the water and "read" the space from bottom up????) We looked at the Eagle that Canadian Tire has on sale right now, requires a 12 volt battery. Is there a model that would use small batteries so we're not lugging something in and out of the canoe?