Amateur seeking advice on Northern Ontario camping trip

[OldTimer]

Hey Wes,

Yes, there is an abundant amount of advice and such out there on what to do, what to buy, and how to do it re fishing.

Here’s my free advice………….. worth every dime spent.

You mentioned children………….. Should they be going on this upcoming adventure – I’d say worms are definitely a great starting strategy……………….. Simple, relatively cheap, and they work. If the kids are quite young – bobbers will save you from so many re-ties after a snag (and $).

In this wow heat spell we’ve been having – fishing at low light times will produce more (morning / evening).

I would advise that (in my experience) “shore fishing” for trout this time of year in our near north may yield amazingly low catches, yet offer endless opportunity to catch up on your reading.

Tip 1 – Lures +Kids = lost lures most often, and profanity lessons. Unless you try top water bass action.

Tip 2 – Try researching the lakes you believe you might fish regarding probable populations of species. The Fish Ontario site………… or the eating guide may help you here. You may have better success in targeting waters where bass, pike or panfish are resident in these summer months.


https://www.lioapplications.lrc.gov.on.c...cale=en-CA

https://www.ontario.ca/environment-and-e...tario-fish



My list of basic go-to lures:

Mepps Spinner - #2 Silver
Dardevle spoon ¼ oz classic red/white spoon
4” Floating Rapala (F11) in the blue back colour
Original Rebel Pop-R in bone or perch
4” Black mister twister soft plastic lure – in black or white. Use 1/8 or 1/4 oz jig heads

I’d also suggest your perusing some of the “articles” on this site – they offer sound advice usually.

Cheers,

OldTimer