Kakakise Lake in Killarney Provincial Park

[onthemountain]

Hey Guys!

 

I didn't see anything in the archives about Kakakise Lake so I thought I'd share a mini trip report. I read on the Killarney Outfitters website that the lake contains pike and smallmouth bass, so I tried targetting both but only had luck with the bass. I was there in late September.

 

I stayed at site #7 on Kakakise and had a lot of success with bass around the eastern point of the big island (see the yellow circle on the map below). There were a lot of submerged trees and fallen rocks, and a fair amount of weeds, which seemed to mean great conditions for bass. They really loved the watermelon & white senkos.

 

 

I kept 1 panfish to cook on the campfire:

 

 

I had no success whatsoever with pike. I tried a HJ12 Husky Jerk in Tennessee Shad color, a red and white Eppinger Dardevle, and a white Mepps musky killer- not a single bite.

 

If anybody has had success with pike at Killarney I'd be interested to know what lake you were on and what lures worked. Next time I think I might head up to Three Narrows and try again for pike and perhaps lake trout.

 

Hope this was useful to somebody. Cheers!

[Musky or Specks]

Thanks for the report. We try to stay away from being so specific here. Probably why you didn't find anything on the mentioned lake in our archives. Find the weed edges and you will generally find the pike.

[ROOK]

Been quite a while since I have been on that lake in Sept.

Spinnerbaits in assorted colours worked on the pike in those days !!

Rook

[Propwash]

Appreciate the report, particularily the particulars on this body of water. Hopefully the info will be of use to future, conservation minded anglers. Thanks.

[Dave Bailey]

Thread revival! I was thinking of getting in there next week I know there a portage of about 45 metres from George lake to Freeland, but from the map I can't tell what it's like to get from Freeland to Kakakise. It looks like it's just a paddle up a weedy river, without portages. Am I correct, or will we be in for some plodding?