Northern Ontario · 250,000 lakes
Nine out of ten trips happen on the same handful of southern lakes. The walleye factories, 40-inch pike, and untouched bass are farther north — and closer than you think.
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The map problem
Ask a hundred Ontario anglers where they fished last summer and the answers cluster around the same southern corridors: the Kawarthas, Simcoe, the Bay of Quinte, a cottage lake off Highway 400.
Those are good waters. But they're a sliver of the province. Ontario holds more than 250,000 lakes and rivers, and the ones with the biggest fish and the fewest boats sit hours north of where the crowds stop.
This site is a plain-English guide to those trips — organized by the fish you want to catch and how you want to get there. No fluff, no login, just where to go and what to expect.
Pick your fish
Every fish wants a different lake, season, and technique. Start with the one you're after.
The shore-lunch fish. Numbers and eating quality, spring through fall.
Walleye trips →02 / Pike40-inch fish are common up north. Aggressive, toothy, and everywhere.
Pike trips →03 / BassCalled the best in North America. Pound-for-pound the hardest fighter.
Bass trips →04 / TroutCold, deep, and strong. Shallow and catchable right after ice-out.
Trout trips →Pick your style
A floatplane drops you on a lake with no road for miles. Peak remoteness.
Explore trips →Drive-InTow your own boat, bring your own gear, keep your own schedule.
Explore trips →FamilyBeaches, easy fish, and cabins built for kids and grandparents.
Explore trips →
From the fishing blog
Read our guides to Northwestern Ontario, Lac Seul and the French River, with fishing ideas and practical trip tips.
Choose your fish, your water and your kind of stay, from drive-in cabins to remote outposts in Northwestern Ontario.
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Get ready for Lac Seul with walleye tactics, choices for your stay and practical advice for fishing a large lake.
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Fish rocky points, island channels and sheltered bays, with a practical plan for a French River lodge stay.
Read the guide →Get the season dates, licence steps, and gear list in one place, then pick a region and go.
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