Bonny Bay Resort-Lake Wabigoon

[Robert Cardenas]

Can't stop thinking about my first Canada trip of the year, to Bonny Bay Resort. The end of May is going to be here soon. Len and Nancy better get that firewood stock piled for the camp fires every evening, along with the peeps. The walleye and perch fish fries, along with the double fried french fries will be here soon. Looking forward to spending some time with the family!

Anyone else heading to Canada in May? What are some of the favorites you look forward to at your resort you go to?

[Babamel2]

it seems like wc does not attract many peoplie who fish Wabigoon/Dinorwic. Do hope you have good finding some hot spots.

[Robert Cardenas]

I have been going to Lake Wabigoon for a long time. There are too many Hot Spots. The walleye and jumbo perch bite is crazy. Also the pike average size is in the upper 30 inch range, which is a hefty fish, with muskies mixed in. 24 days until I'm at Bonny Bay Resort, but who's counting? Almost forgot about camp dinner, and perogies!

[115 optimax]

Wabigoon is an awesome lake to fish!Tons of rock piles to fish.Most common problem for people out there is fishing too deep.I've been fishing the Gooner for 18 years now,and most of my 6-8 pound walleye came out of 3ft of water or less.

[thundereyes]

Hey Robert

Heading to Bonny Bay 1st week in june, the only thing you forgot to mention was the campfire smores. Len and Nancy run a great camp.
Hope for some decent weather and great fishing.

[Robert Cardenas]

Thundereyes,

Looks like I will miss you by one week! Look for the pictures on the trophy board in the Lodge, I will try and leave some clues to where some of the fish are. One other thing I forgot is fishing off the dock at night with lighted bobbers and catching walleyes.

[eye1a]

Hey Robert
Cindy and I wont be making out yearly spring trip to the goon, and it sucks. We are the Couple from Nebraska. Will miss the nightly campfires and good compnay of the camp. Not to mention the camp supper. I remember that great stringer of perch your group brought in last year. We are thinking about booking a fall trip if we can afford it. Have you ever fished there in the fall? Have a great trip and drive safe............Dan

[Robert Cardenas]

Originally Posted by eye1a

Hey Robert
Cindy and I wont be making out yearly spring trip to the goon, and it sucks. We are the Couple from Nebraska. Will miss the nightly campfires and good compnay of the camp. Not to mention the camp supper. I remember that great stringer of perch your group brought in last year. We are thinking about booking a fall trip if we can afford it. Have you ever fished there in the fall? Have a great trip and drive safe............Dan

Dan,
Yea, the latest I have been to Bonny Bay is in late August, a couple of years ago I was up there for a week. We did just as well as we do in the spring, if not better. Our group is going to miss ya. Hope you can make it up and good fishing to you and your wife this year, and stay safe.

[BWLCwalleyeguy]

We fish out of Sioux Lookout, mainly the Abrams/Minnitaki area, but your crappie catching has me curious. I didnt realize there were crappies as far north as Dryden. Do you know how much further north they are caught? Was wondering if there would be a smaller body of water we could fish not far from Sioux Lookout that would have crappies in it. Just curious? Also, do you find large numbers of fish or is the population fairly small and scattered? Very interesting to me...

[Robert Cardenas]

Originally Posted by BWLCwalleyeguy

We fish out of Sioux Lookout, mainly the Abrams/Minnitaki area, but your crappie catching has me curious. I didnt realize there were crappies as far north as Dryden. Do you know how much further north they are caught? Was wondering if there would be a smaller body of water we could fish not far from Sioux Lookout that would have crappies in it. Just curious? Also, do you find large numbers of fish or is the population fairly small and scattered? Very interesting to me...

Not sure BWLCwalleyeguy, I would of never thought they would be north of Rainy, but they seem to be doing great in Wabigoon. I just started hearing of people catching them 5 or 6 years ago, but the pictures I saw of the crappies were big ones, so they have been established for a while on the Goon! I wonder why or how they were introduced to Lake Wabigoon?