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 40? F to 45? 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 55? F to 65? 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 60? 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.

In late summer into fall as water temperatures falls to 65? F and down to 55? 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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