Species
Bass, Crappie, Muskellunge, Perch, Pike, Sturgeon, Trout, Walleye/Pickerel, Whitefish
Season
Year-round
Coordinates
49°14′59″N 94°45′03″W
Location: Northwestern OntarioSurface area: 4,348.6 square kilometresHottest spot: Tranquil Channel
In 2012, ranked #4 in all-time hot spots
What can you catch on northwestern Ontario’s Lake of the Woods? Practically whatever you feel like. Covering one million acres, with 100,000 kilometres of shoreline...
Species
Arctic grayling, Pike, Trout
Location: Northwest TerritoriesSurface area: 27,200 km²
In 2012, ranked #22 in all time hot-spots
Whether sight-casting to huge pike, jigging and trolling for overgrown lake trout or drifting flies for grayling, there’s no place in the world quite like Great Slave. Here, the expectations of catching 30- to 40-pound...
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I met Wally Robins for the first time last September after I'd donated a guided fishing trip for muskies on Lake of the Woods, as part of a fund-raising benefit dinner for Big Jim McLauglin who is battling cancer, and Wally had put in the winning bid.
When I picked him...
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