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HELLO ALL! Glad to be here. For my first post I'd like to first introduce myself. I'm a 44 year old guy who's been and avid outdoorsman for as long as I can remember. Born and raised in cottage country - Peterborough, ON - and have live the last part of 20 years in Ottawa. Almost every year I go on a guy's fishing trip, and camp with the family (3 kids) at least twice during that same time. I'm a canoe lover (now own a brand new Swift Keewaydin solo) and enjoy all that the wilderness offers. I'm not sure why it took me so long to find this site - great peeps so far from what I've read. With that, I got a delimma. My buddy and I are looking for a new fishing/camping hole to spend a long weekend at and I'm looking for advice. I've been going for the last 20 yrs to places like Lingham Lake (personal Fav), Deerock Lake , Little/Big Morrow, Weslemkoon, Effingham....mainly eastern ontario. I'm in need for a change. I'm looking for a great lake that can be camped on (island or not), with little to no civilization and a great place to catch some largies/smallies. Would like to say eastern as much as possible. We only canoe/kayak and have truck - don't mind portaging a bit to get there if it's that good. Couple other thing to note about me: I (we) truly practice catch and release. I hate the way Lingham as been treated and have seen the devastation to fish stock populations (they're doing something about it now). So know that I can personally guarantee all of our fish will be put back. Secondly, we take out whatever we bring in. In most cases we bring out more than we take in. Would make you believe we were never there. It may be too tall of an order but anything suggestion would be greatly appreciated. We’re really looking for something different that we can discover/enjoy. And hey, Private message me if you’d like to tell me a place but would rather keep it more private – would honestly keep it that way! Thanks! VS