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Well, I'm glad to hear that things aren't that bad.

My friend and I were thinking of hitting Scugog this weekend - we've never been there before, and not being an overly experienced boater, I was a little worried about the depth of some areas of the lake and several mentions of the lake being choked with weeds. Are these two things likely to cause issues for an inexperienced boater (we'd be renting from Goreski's or some place)? I've used a boat maybe 3 or 4 times, but I'm still a bit awkward. I'm hoping that trouble areas are usually marked with buoys, etc.

Has anyone been fishing at Lake Scugog? I remember reading about some kind of a mysterious problem that was affecting the fish there lat year.

Yes, I was up at Lake Eugenia last year, fishing off a bridge - there were these other guys there who were using hot dogs as bait, and they were bringing up bass left right and center. We were using worms and we were still catching quite a few, but the hot dogs worked like magic.

Here are a couple of them.. I have a few more, but they're mostly of the same thing, and there's a couple of my friend fishing on the "wrong side" of the bridge where there was hardly any action. Actually, I think I'll post one anyways because he's wearing flip flops and deserves some public humiliation }

I never took any pictures of the fish, unfortunately..

THANKS YAWN, THANKS Bigfisherman FOR THIS INFO AND PHOTOS!!!

Great photos, and great info indeed! Just a quick question, it seems that people who went fishing there - were fishing from the boat. How about fishing from shore. Is it any good, is it worthwhile driving there just to fish from shore? If yes, any good spots to recommend - input would be very much appreciated.
Thanks in advance.

I've been to Lake Eugenia a couple of times - the first time we had a boat that we rented from one of the cottages there, and the second time, we fished from the shore because the cottage no longer rents out boats.

We tried a couple of areas when we were shore fishing last year, including the area to the side of the big dam. You have to walk around behind the dam, through some wooded area and up some steps to get there. We were fishing in late August and didn't have any luck there.

But there's a bridge on the south end of the lake (I believe it's the south end, I may be wrong) where you will see a small number of people gather towards sundown. It's in this place where we've had major success both times - the fish will gather here at around sunset, and it's a total bonanza. The first time we went fishing here, I lost track of how many fish I caught. Granted, many of the fish we caught were small, but there were a couple of bass that were a few pounds, and I took one of them home.

We were fishing with worms and had moderate success, but there were these other guys there who bought some hot dogs (Red Hots) from Food Basics for 99 cents, and were using the little bits of hot dog as bait. They were pulling in fish on every cast. It was insane.

I have some pictures that I took off this bridge if anyone's interested.