Fishing Near Bon Echo

[Jacobus97]

Hey Everybody

I am going camping next week all week at Bon Echo provincial park. The closet town is Cloyne. It is Southeast of Bancroft and Northwest of Kingston. I need some tips on how people are doing this year in that area, where some of the hotspots are and what baits I should use? I will do a fish report when I get home. If you need anymore information to try and help me just ask.

 

[salmotrutta]

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.

 

[Jacobus97]

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?

 

[salmotrutta]

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.

 

[Jacobus97]

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.

 

[Jordan S.]

Mazinaw can be tough for bass, walleye and pike due to its immense size and depth... The smaller back lakes apparently have much better fishing apparently. Senkos wacky rigged for bass and worm harnesses for bass + walleye produced best results whenever I've been there. If you have a boat go to the far side of lake (river mouth) for better largemouth and pike action on the north side of the lake.

 

[Alfiegee]

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?

Mazinaw should not be too much to handle in a canoe as long as you know the forecast. I swam across it and back a few years ago. I admit I had a canoe accompanying me for safety, but it wasn't a problem in fair weather.
We did a job on the shores of the lake last year and the customer told me the lake was fished out. Not sure about that, but from what I saw at the local docks the fish are there, it is just a hard lake to fish if you haven't been there before. It is very deep and drops off rapidly from the shore. I would suggest asking advise from the locals at the bait or tackle shop. The people up there are very friendly, unless you ask about Specks at which time they turn into Clams. LOL.
I managed a few Smallies and Perch where I could find shallow weedy bays. As I said I was working up there so I only had an hour each night to cast a line. I did see others bringing in nice Lakers. I'm told that the east side of the lake near where the cliffs are and the petroglyphs too is over 500 ft deep at that some points in the lake are over 700. I don't know this as a fact, this is just what locals told me.
There's lots of lakes in the region, they call it "The Land Of Lakes", so you should be able to find something up there. Can I come? LOL

Alfie.

 

[hanlite]

You can try the narrow, I have got two small mouth bass , one is 3+ LB.