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Hello Everyone,

I am going on a canoe camping fishing trip to the Algonquin park backcountry end of April. I realize that there are many experienced and skilled fisherman on this forum, so I would like to ask you for some advices and tips on the best fishing techniques and baits for spring time trout fishing.

Thank you all in advanced!!

Ronin.

i think most of the lakes have live bait ban. but just to inform you that the season doesn't open until last weekend in April. the best thing to do is troll around the lake you are targeting using you canoe. well good luck, any more info just pm me!!

matt

Hi Matt,

Thank you for the hints. By the way. The plan is to be on the waters fishing on the open day of the season..I can't wait ....

Ronin.

Me and a buddy are headed in the same direction/location as you on the following weekend, however we are going in by the corrador. Pm me if you wish some info on literature and such .. re trout and locations.
D-mo

You might want to keep an eye on the park Blog for news on the ice conditions. I'm sure some parts of the park will still have ice till the end of April.

Sounds like a fun trip Ronin. Trolling in-line spinners and small stickbaits should work well, like the others mentioned. If you come across small creeks in between the lakes, casting in-line spinners across current should work well for smaller specs. The larger specs will be in the lakes cruising along shore lines.

If you get liturature on the lakes when you arrive, it should tell you what regulation restrictions and species are in which lakes.

Have a great trip!

Aaron

Ronin,

Depends on where you're going and what you're targeting but early spring is great fishing in algonquin.

For brookies, use inline spinners, small silver works well.. For bigger fish, small rapala lures in shallow or the kwikfish k7 (hot lure)l.
Small spinners near creek mouths work.. make sure your hooks are sharp cause these fish can be reckless and hit with abandon and sharper hooks turn lost of these hits into hookups.

Lakers - I love spoons but small rapalas also work well. these fish are shallow so long line the shoreline. if you can find rock piles with deep water, cast across these and you will catch lakers. If you find a drop off... Jigs and tubs work and jig / twister but you have to know they are there... and then drag a jig on botton from shallow 8 ft to deeper (40ft)... Until you find the fish, trolling works better. If you like casting, then early season, you can fish them like bass... send in your lure tight to shore and pull out.. never too shallow for some of these lakers. If its cloudy this works well. If sunny, forget the shallows... go 15 or more feet.

Algonquin has a live bait-fish ban but you can bring worms and dead minnows. Make sure the minnows are *dead*... not close to dead but really dead. Salted frozen is a good definition of dead.

I'll be there for the opener but we're still deciding where to go...

Ronin: we are doing a simular trip. (we do it every year)

meps spinners work well.
and my fav lure is the Super Duper -- (it has worked well in the past few years)...

Hi Guys,

I just wanted to say thank you for all the great tips. I am sure that not just myself but everyone else reading these posts are also learning something new. I will post some pictures when I get back from the trip; I am on count down mode for it...


Cheers,

Ronin

hey good luck, and be sure to watch out for bear and moose, my friends and i ran into one with her calf. very close. out of curiosity where are you going, you can send me a pm. i also have the canoe route map for algonquin in PFD format, if you want a copy. well good luck take lots of pictures and go get those trout!!!

matt