15 Nights Chasing Brook Trout In Algonquin Park

[Mike Borger]

Well I returned home late last week and what an amazing trip in Algonquin Park I had with my son!

For those that don't know or remember, my trip last year caused quite a ruckus as someone filed a claim for information under Canada's Freedom Of Information act to get a copy of my interior camping permit which shows which lakes I camped on. We caught numbers of trophy sized brook trout last year which is quite incredible for Algonquin, and the vague video that I published had a lot of people amazed.

Here's a link to the CBC news story published last summer:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunde...spot-1.4232556


I took my boy on an even more ambitious trip this year. We covered a lot of ground and endured some pretty punishing portages including a number through dense bush with no trail to reach the lakes we wanted to fish.

Fishing was spectacular. Incredibly I managed to catch a brook trout larger than anything we caught last year. It was 26" long with a 16" girth and weighed just over 8 pounds. By far the biggest brook trout of my life and most amazingly a wild fish, NOT stocked!

People who aren't really brook trout anglers might not comprehend the enormity of this catch, but it's more or less the angling equivalent of winning the lottery and getting struck by lightning on the same day. It just never happens!

I'm guessing there might be another FOI claim this year.

In any case here's a 38 minute highlight reel video of some of the fish we caught then 2 other shorter clips including one of the giant.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJFomPi3OjE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScGOlOBdhFo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cmg8dTUSzjU



Cheers, Mike

[Obabikon]

Well done Mike!

[Walleye2242]

i love brookies...walleye is #1 then brookies and i always fly fish for them. 26" is AMAZING!!! congrats. Brookies are amazing and beautiful. Thanks for sharing.

[UKBDM]

Brendan turning into a pretty good videographer ...

[HeHooksHimself]

Fantastic videos that bring us right into the canoe with you. Way to live the dream Mike and Brendan!

[kona77]

Mike- Another great video.. Had a big laugh when you finished your first portage and Brendon stated "there better be fish in this lake".. I only have 10"-13" stream caught brookies under my belt and these giants on your trips seem to be a whole different species.. You guys earned these great fish.. Well done !!!

[Obabikon]

Now... if the MNR would just get back to me on where this lake is, then I could make a trip myself!

[martinbns]

I used to live in Deep River, On which is in the narrow strip of land between Algonquin Park and the Ottawa River.

We used to fish in the ZEC across the river in Quebec from canoes, your video brings back great memories although the biggest one we ever caught was 4 pounds which we thought was big.

That fish is huge

[Lip_Yanker]

Purely spectacular Mike. Your son is one lucky boy! Would you like to adopt? I'm self sufficient, clean up after myself and love to fish.




I'm not familiar with the regs there- Do you fish barbed or barbless?




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[dhottle]

Sweet trip & video. Congrats on the monster BT.