Ontario fishing info for desert rat in Arizona

[Stan C]

My name is Stan and my family and I are planning our first trip to Ontario for fishing. Honestly, the choices are a little overwhelming with so many lodges and options so I’m looking for some advice from experts. I'm an experienced fisherman but excuse the pun, I'm a fish out of water in your neck of the woods. We would need help with a guide at least a day or 2, reading is one thing but doing is a much better way to learn. My wife is also really keen on a canoe trip of a day or 2 but I don’t think we want a 7 day trip in the boundary waters area, maybe just a couple.
The most important stuff to me is the fishing. I'm a keen flyfisherman and would love smallmouth and pike on a flyrod. From what I've been able to determine it sounds like earlier June would be the best time for topwater but that might be difficult time for us. How would the 2nd or 3rd week of July work for flyfishing? When do you guys consider best for both flyfishing and spin casting.
Any suggestions on times, areas and specific lodges would be much appreciated. I’ve considered pulling our camper but that’s a long road trip from AZ.

Any suggestion will be appreciated!

 

[staffman]

Contact Mike Borger
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Mike will tell you for free which lodge will fulfil all your desires.

 

[pokeyhook]

Ontario is big. Which area are you going to?

 

[ApacheFishingVentures]

If you go north enough, you can get set up at a lodge that has all that you are looking for without the pressure of local fisherman. With little pressure on some of those bodies of water, time of year shouldn't make too much of a difference as to whether or not you'll be successful with a fly rod. Bring big flies and big rods for those big northerns and bring a rod that can easily cast a sinking line or sink tip all day cause you'll likely need it for small mouth. Chapleau might be a great area to narrow your search. Sorta the furthest north you'll find small mouth but they are truly hard fighting fish and chunky too. Some lodges will offer guide service and boat and canoe rentals so you can fish with a guide a for a few days to get the hang of it, then pack some camping gear in a canoe and go explore back lakes for a couple days. There is so much uncharted water in northern Ontario, it's actually a little ridiculous... Good luck! Hope it all works out.

 

[Huronfly]

Yes Ontario is huge, it would be a lot easier to help if you had an idea where you wanna go. If smallies and pike are what you're after then you can find em pretty much anywhere and shouldn't need to spend big bucks on guiding or lodging unless that's what you really want. And you're right, the earlier in the year the better, but mid july can still be awesome.