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[mikebotts]

Looking for some advice on Lakes and/or cottages in the Ontario area. Live in Buffalo and have heard many stories about great walley/pike trips somewhere north of Toronto. Is April/May the best time to go, and where would you recommend? Any help would be appreciated.

Thank you

[diggyj]

Looking for some advice on Lakes and/or cottages in the Ontario area. Live in Buffalo and have heard many stories about great walley/pike trips somewhere north of Toronto. Is April/May the best time to go, and where would you recommend? Any help would be appreciated.

Thank you

There are lots of cottages to rent on Rice Lake, 1 and a half hours from downtown Toronto. It is great for panfish in early spring, perch, crappie, sunfish.

No pike in Rice but there are decent numbers of walleye. That is a great time to fish for walleye as they spawn in March. Pike usually spawn from late March to early May.

Rice also has great bass fishing as well as musky. Other lakes to consider for walleye and pike are Lake Simcoe, not sure about cottage rentals and Lake Nipissing, much farther north, lots of cottage rentals. Look at some of these links.

http://www.thefishin...e.com/index.htm

http://www.ricelakeinfo.com/index.html

Dirk...................... any other questions, just ask or PM....

[ec1]

Just remember the open season and the size slot limits!

Kawartha's have been the best for walleye for me, so rice, scugog, pigeon, chemong would be good bets.

[balapickerel]

try the moon river after april 16 for some amazing post spawn walleye and the occasional muskie

[openfire]

Wow, there are so many places to go north of Toronto, as that is pretty much all of Ontario. Welcome aboard BTW.

How far do you want to travel?

[balapickerel]

and what method of transport do you plan on using, some of the best fishing up north can only be acsessed by bushplane or helicopter

[mikebotts]

Thank you for the help. We are not looking to travel too far because it's just a long weekend. Maybe 4 hours from Buffalo at the most.

Thanks again for the responses.

[Bigfisherman]

Another place to consider is the lower grand river near the mouth of lake Erie very close to buffalo and has lots of walleye, pike, bass as well.