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NORTHERN PIKE FISHING ON SHOAL
LAKE
 Ontario Out of Doors Magazine rated Shoal Lake as the
number 1 drive to northern pike lake in Ontario.
Shoal Lake has 75,000 acres of great Northern Pike
habitat. Extensive week beds, flats and endless rock shoals and
unlimited structure all hold pike. We have both a quantity and
quality fishery with not only great numbers but also plenty of healthy
large fish.
Cool clear water, lots of baitfish such as perch,
tulibees an smelt combined with very limited fishing pressure all lead
to an excellent Northern Pike lake. 30 to 50 fish days are the
norm with 100 fish/boat days happening often when conditions are
right.
The Pike spawn when the water temperature reaches
40ْ
F to 45ْ
F. Early fishing is done with minnow baits, spoons etc. on the
mouths of spawning bays or on weed flats. As the water warms to
55ْ F to
65ْ F.
this is the post spawn. Large and small fish can still be caught
fairly shallow.
 As the summer comes on
and water temperatures rises into the 60ْ
F range the big pike move out to the main lake body. We
had excellent fishing throughout the summer fishing over deep water.
Trolling large crank baits produces good numbers of large Northern's at
a time when most lakes big pike are hard to locate.
Fishing shorelines and rock points and piles will
provide shore lunches of smaller fish.
In late summer into fall as water temperatures falls
to 65ْ
F and down to 55ْ
F pike feed heavily before the cold water ice up. Many of our
guests have commented on how fat and healthy Shoal Lake pike are!
The Ministry of Natural
Resources has a protected slot of 27" to 36" fish. These are the
spawning females. We have a camp rule of anything over 27" must
go back. This will only ensure years of great fishing in the
future. Fish under 27" can be eaten for shore lunches.
Sorry no take home fish either. Let em go - let em grow.
We are the only Lodge on
Shoal Lake and combined with our camp rules are the reason you can
expect to catch fish, and lots of them.
We have a lure suggestion
sheet which details the types of lures you should have. Just
e-mail us to receive a
copy.
If you have fished Shoal
Lake before, you know the fishery, if not give Shoal Lake a chance and
it won't disappoint. We are proud of our fishery and want to
share it and ensure it stays healthy forever.
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Shoal Lake Lodge
Tim, David & Katherine Kobelka
Box 31
Kejick, Ontario P0X 1E0
Phone: (705) 261-2277 (BASS) |
Shoal Lake Lodge 
