Jacobus97

We have hand crank scotty down riggers on our 14ft aluminum it is more than enough boat to handle small inland Lake Trout lakes try to find them with as big a spool as you can find the smaller the diameter the more cranking.
You will also need rod holders and a fish finder so that you can locate fish set up your depth and not lose balls this is a real pain. If you locate enough Lake Trout in one place you can use a marker bouy drift/anchor and jig for them with 11/2 oz to 2 oz buck tail jigs dropping them to the bottom and reeling them up to the surface as fast as you can, jigging just off the bottom etc...

Thank you for the information it helps a lot.

I barely fished as I wasn't there on a fishing trip, just camping. From the looks of it, you can probably get bass around the boat launch area on Mazinaw from shore.

If you're willing to put the time in on one of the smaller lakes, you should be able to find the bass and pike. I caught a lot of perch using worms. I was in a kayak that wasn't designed for fishing, and spent most of the time paddling.

Mazinaw is big, it's fun to paddle but I'm not sure how you'll do fishing it from a canoe. Maybe ask some of the locals there. Seems like a motorboat/fish finder would be standard equipment for most anglers on that lake.

We had bears come up to our campsite nightly, we were up on the hill. I don't think they will visit the campsites that are closer to the lake.

Thank you for the information. Hopefully we dont have the same problem with bears.

When I am out on lake Erie looking for Rainbows and Walleye we catch tons but just throw them back no need for them.

Are you bringing or renting a canoe? Or are you bringing a boat?

There are several lakes within the park. Mazinaw Lake is very large and deep. You can try fishing the narrows starting late evening into dark, apparently the bait fish swim through there and the game fish follow. They are fishable from shore if you don't have a boat.

I think the first lake on the left as you drive to the upper campgrounds is good for pike and bass. There is a launch because I canoed that lake and did a little bit of fishing on it, it's a group camping lake but you can put a canoe in at the launch at the end of the side road that follows the lake. It's a very different experience from fishing Mazinaw, I was the only person on the small lake - it's like having your own private lake.

Mazinaw has everything from sturgeon to walleye to lakers, but it's huge and very deep.

There should be little brook trout in the stream that flows into the park, check for regs but you can probably use worms there.

For anyone interested in health stuff - a neat little fact - Bon Echo Park was formerly Dr. Weston A Price's residence.

We are planning on renting one there. Iam not the most experienced paddeler but I am not the worst is Mazinaw too much to handle? Also when you were up there how did you make out fishing?

Guys I have some very bad news, my digital camera got wet on the weekend without me knowing so I lost all my still pictures of the fish. To add on top my Contour Camera that was recording video was blocked by my tilley hat brim. But this does teach me a valueable lesson to keep my camera equipment protected and to take test videos before the really deal. I am so sorry for not being able to show you my pictures and video. You can now only expect better from me next time.