smitty55 Posted January 5 Report Share Posted January 5 (edited) I would have to say that easily the best fishing times I've ever had in my life were the 20 or so week long trips to Kipawa, there's just some magic there that stays with you for months after being there. Camped there the first few years and then stayed at Corbeau lodge several times, now privately owned by Eric Lindros and then once we got an opening stayed at Alwaki lodge for the rest of our visits. That was a 14 mile boat ride. I still follow the Kipawa forum and this was recently posted. The quite famous 230 acre Topping Retreat that once was sold to the owner of the NY Yankees is again up for sale for the great price of only $8.9M. This place once graced the Canadian $10 bill, was home to a couple of movies and was visited by many famous movie stars like Gregory Peck and Katherine Hepburn. The scenery is magnificent situated at the end of Kipawa River where it empties into Lake Temiscaming. There's close to a hundred pics of the property, well worth going through. Also a few good pics from upstream on Google Earth of some of the rapids. Cheers https://mrealestate.com/properties/999-Ch.-des-Grandes-Chutes/14751632 https://www.msn.com/en-ca/travel/news/this-8-9m-historic-quebec-home-was-once-a-hollywood-retreat-is-now-up-for-sale/ar-AA1kMRGX Edited January 5 by smitty55 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJQ Posted January 5 Report Share Posted January 5 Ypu dont see alot of new resorts being built. These are gems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Headhunter Posted January 5 Report Share Posted January 5 Fished right in front of that spot on Temiscaming a few years ago. Beautiful spot and property. It was spring and the rivers was angry! LOL HH 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smitty55 Posted January 5 Author Report Share Posted January 5 4 hours ago, Headhunter said: Fished right in front of that spot on Temiscaming a few years ago. Beautiful spot and property. It was spring and the rivers was angry! LOL HH Yea apparently it's popular with kayakers too but I can't imagine trying to run those rapids from Grand Chute down in high water spring conditions. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akaShag Posted January 5 Report Share Posted January 5 Buy TWO at that very reasonable price! For the same amount, you could have a three bedroom cottage in Toronto...........or a two bedroom fixer-upper in Vancouver.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weeds Posted January 5 Report Share Posted January 5 Lotto Max time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiel Posted January 8 Report Share Posted January 8 I have so many fond memories of fishing Kipawa back to the early 80's until the mid 90's. I fished out of Camp MacKenzie, sort of lake central just west of Corbeau Island. Some 14 miles in by boat from Laniel. I have fished Temagami in the last few years and it is indeed a beautiful lake but it somehow does not hold charm that Kipawa does for me. I was a much younger man then...... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smitty55 Posted January 9 Author Report Share Posted January 9 6 hours ago, Spiel said: I have so many fond memories of fishing Kipawa back to the early 80's until the mid 90's. I fished out of Camp MacKenzie, sort of lake central just west of Corbeau Island. Some 14 miles in by boat from Laniel. I have fished Temagami in the last few years and it is indeed a beautiful lake but it somehow does not hold charm that Kipawa does for me. I was a much younger man then...... I started going to Kipawa in the early 80's. I did a couple of years at Temagami as well when Quebec outlawed live minnows. As you say even though it's a nice lake there was just something missing compared to Kipawa. Plus the OPP had a big brand new boat and were stopping everyone all the time including lodge boats. We would hide out beers in those plastic rod cases lol. That's when I got into salted minnows for Quebec which worked just fine behind gang trolls for Lakers and on a jig for Walleye. Wondering why you would boat in to Mackenzie from Laniel instead of Kipawa? Was Laniel closer to you? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiel Posted January 9 Report Share Posted January 9 13 hours ago, smitty55 said: I started going to Kipawa in the early 80's. I did a couple of years at Temagami as well when Quebec outlawed live minnows. As you say even though it's a nice lake there was just something missing compared to Kipawa. Plus the OPP had a big brand new boat and were stopping everyone all the time including lodge boats. We would hide out beers in those plastic rod cases lol. That's when I got into salted minnows for Quebec which worked just fine behind gang trolls for Lakers and on a jig for Walleye. Wondering why you would boat in to Mackenzie from Laniel instead of Kipawa? Was Laniel closer to you? Well the distance into camp smitty55 is about the same I believe from either end but the reason for going in from Laniel access was that the owner of Camp Mackenzie at the time, Jack Newman operated out of Laniel. I believed he and his wife also ran the Post Office there, the parking lot and the boat ramp connected to the parking lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b2kptbo Posted January 10 Report Share Posted January 10 Fished there 2007 and 2009, beautiful place, good fishing at the mouth of the river. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smitty55 Posted January 10 Author Report Share Posted January 10 This is a post from one of the forum members who visited the lodge while staying at Taggart Bay Lodge "Drove into there in September 2005 by myself when we were staying at TBL. What a place! Met Scott and he told me to make myself at home and explore the property at my leisure as he was just finishing packing-up to leave for the winter. I took a look at the original Topping Cabin...very cool...but also gave me the 'willies' for some reason. I walked up the river as far as I could past Hollywood Rapids....outstanding location and so picturesque. Scott showed me the large cabin he built in the 80s (from the book), and then gave me a tour of the new "mansion" cabin right at the mouth where the Hollywood Rapids meets Lac Temiscamigue. The log diameters had to be at least 3-foot wide for that cabin....super impressive in scale and detail. Scott was very gracious and welcomed me there like I was an old friend, though we'd never met or even communicated prior. I'll never forget that little personal adventure and am so glad I took the time to do it. Wish I had $9M..." This is the book he's referring to. I'm going to order a copy. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3162806-kipawa-river-chronicles 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Headhunter Posted January 10 Report Share Posted January 10 Looking at the pics above... the water level when we were there was up on the grass! It was down right scary! HH 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reelpro Posted January 10 Report Share Posted January 10 Reelpro Fishing Charters Daily Half and Full Day Fishing Charters on Lake Kipawa from Kipawa Docks. Miwapanne Lodge, Kipawa Outpost , Camp Kipawa/ Fishing for Smallmouth Bass, Lake Trout, Walleye, Northern Pike and Perch from a fully equipped Lund Tyee. Booking now for May - Oct 2024 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave524 Posted January 11 Report Share Posted January 11 On 1/8/2024 at 3:15 PM, Spiel said: I have so many fond memories of fishing Kipawa back to the early 80's until the mid 90's. I fished out of Camp MacKenzie, sort of lake central just west of Corbeau Island. Some 14 miles in by boat from Laniel. I have fished Temagami in the last few years and it is indeed a beautiful lake but it somehow does not hold charm that Kipawa does for me. I was a much younger man then...... Wore a LG hat for about 20 years LOL. Starting getting supplies from him in the late '70's , he was still working out of the basement of his house and a 17 foot Boston Whaler in the drive 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akaShag Posted January 11 Report Share Posted January 11 I used to run into Lorne here and there around the province, often on or near steelhead rivers. A genuine character, that guy! Doug 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiel Posted January 11 Report Share Posted January 11 16 hours ago, dave524 said: Wore a LG hat for about 20 years LOL. Starting getting supplies from him in the late '70's , he was still working out of the basement of his house and a 17 foot Boston Whaler in the drive Knowing I'm going off topic, apologies given. I first met Lorne in the summer of 1976 (15 years old) and yes, the basement, the Boston Whaler, all good memories and he still lives in the same house. It's been a few years since I stopped by and said "Hello." 6 hours ago, akaShag said: I used to run into Lorne here and there around the province, often on or near steelhead rivers. A genuine character, that guy! Doug Oh ya, he was and still is..... lol So many good laughs in his pick up camper, Meaford usually ..... as I somewhat recall. 😆 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akaShag Posted January 11 Report Share Posted January 11 23 minutes ago, Spiel said: So many good laughs in his pick up camper, Meaford usually ..... as I somewhat recall. 😆 Yep. And Thornbury and Owen Sound. Good times! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiel Posted January 11 Report Share Posted January 11 Just to bring it back to Kipawa, this picture was taken within sight of Fox Lodge while wearing my old Owen Sound Sun Times Georgian Triangle Derby ball cap. 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akaShag Posted January 12 Report Share Posted January 12 3 hours ago, Spiel said: Just to bring it back to Kipawa, this picture was taken within sight of Fox Lodge while wearing my old Owen Sound Sun Times Georgian Triangle Derby ball cap. 😁 and a Cardinal 3 reel by the looks of it......... I wanted to do a Kipawa trip last year with a bunch of buddies. They out-voted me, 3 to 1, for a bass trip to Loughborough Lake instead. I do love Loughborough, but have been fishing it for decades, and so far have yet to fish Kipawa. One of these years.... Doug 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reelpro Posted January 12 Report Share Posted January 12 1 hour ago, akaShag said: and a Cardinal 3 reel by the looks of it......... I wanted to do a Kipawa trip last year with a bunch of buddies. They out-voted me, 3 to 1, for a bass trip to Loughborough Lake instead. I do love Loughborough, but have been fishing it for decades, and so far have yet to fish Kipawa. One of these years.... Doug Excellent Smallmouth Bass Fishing in Kipawa now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akaShag Posted January 12 Report Share Posted January 12 27 minutes ago, Reelpro said: Excellent Smallmouth Bass Fishing in Kipawa now. No offence, but I would not leave Kingston to go ANYWHERE for bass............ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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