Lake Nipigon

[rhodes]

Looking for any resorts on Lake Nipigon in northern ontario. Also, anybody had any kind of experience fishing walleyes there? I know it's a huge body of water.

[Frank from TBay]

Lake Nipigon has some Walleye but they are not the fish of choice there. Lake Trout and Brook trout are the fish of choice. We have caught Specks yearly to 8# out of there. It is a huge cold lake with very little usage. It is not a lake to learn on. The weather and conditions can be very brutal. There are a number of guiding services out of Poplar Point. Fishinitus charters is very good for lakers. Trout over 40# every year. Lyle is a great guy. There are also charters that run out of commercial fishing boats. They run up the lake,you fish out of small boats and then stay in the large tug. I have a very healthy respect for that lake. It is beautiful in the wilderness way. However you learn very quickly that if you have problems and the weather is bad, help is a long ways away and you are in a world of hurt. There are severe restrictions on trophy fish and everything is barbless. No strigers or livewells. If you catch it you keep it or let it go. There are a lot of regs.
Frank

[Nipigon Kid]

As Frank says,walleyes are not targetted much.What was once a healthy fishery seemed to crash after smelt were introduced.Regulations have been implemented to try and turn this around but are not showing the results we hoped for.If you are travelling any distance to fish,it would seem unwise to spend half your trip waiting to get out on the water due to weather.There are plenty of walleye lakes in the area that produce bigger& better angling.If your mind is made up,one of the cruiser operations is the way to go.These are large tug/type boats that you live on while fishing from smaller alum. boats.I can hook you up with a couple of cruiser operators if you desire more info.Bill.