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Lake Scugog is a man made lake that is littered with buoys that marked the old riverbed.  Muskellunge, sucker, bullhead, carp, rock bass, pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, largemouth bass, yellow perch and walleye are all species of fish that can be found in this lake. It is a dark murky lake with lots of weeds so its great for fish. The lake has an area of 514 square kilometers. The lake is fed by the Nonquon and Layton Rivers and drained by the Scugog River.

 
The main town on this lake is Port Perry. It is about half and hour outside of toronto. Just North of Oshawa Ontario.

 
In the center of the lake there is a peninsula with campgrounds, small farms and even a charity casino. It is called The Great Blue Heron Charity Casino. Its a nice place but like all casinos’, it kinda smells like adult diapers.

Ice Fishing on this lake is enormous. The ice is thick (12in), and because of its close proximity to Toronto, shanty towns spring up on the lake. In 1992 a record 807 ice fishing huts were counted on Lake Scugog during the ice fishing season.

Rice lake is a beautiful place with lots of fish to choose from. It was called rice lake because of the wild rice that used to grow there, it is also shaped like a grain of rice so its easy to assume that is why it is named rice lake.

 
Predatory fish, such as bass, walleye, and muskie are numerous in this lake as well as lots of panfish. You can access Rice lake through the public launch located in Roseneath and Bewdley.

 
As for ice fishing on this particular lake, it is not allowed. Sorry but that is just how it is. I have heard that the fire departments dont have the resources for ice rescues and that the ministry of whatever doesn’t like it.

 
I have also heard rumors that the ministry might be allowing it in 09/10. That would be nice because of its close proximity to a major city, Toronto. Although ice fishing  is currently not allowed hopefully i’ll see some of you out there off the ice..
Peace, Justin.

Lake Nippissing is known for its remoteness and its great variety of fish to choose from. The most common spcies of fish in this lake are, walleye, smallmouth bass, muskie, perch, pike and whitefish.

 
Lake Nipissing is one of the largest lakes in Ontario. Its name means “Big Water” in the algonquin language. It clocks in at a massive 67km long and 26km wide. More than enough room to hide while ice fishing. It is also a very shallow lake for one that is so large, with an average depth of only 5 meters. There are several ice hut operators on this lake with all the services that you could possibly need. Services such as bait, and gear for sale, and what ever else you might need while on the ice.

 
The main towns around the lake are Nipissing, North Bay and Sturgeon Falls. The city of Sudbury is just an hour down the road to the west if you need to go to, or from there. Lake Nipissing is only a scant four hour drive north of Toronto if you need to come through there on your way to this great ice fishing destination.

 
This remote lake is one of the best locations in Ontario for ice fishing so if I see you there, be sure to say hello.

Another ice fishing lake in canada is Lake Simcoe. It is one of the largest freshwater lakes in the world that completly freezes over. It is about 30 km long and 25 km wide, making it roughly 725 km in area. It is shaped like a hand that is pointing down at Toronto, which is only a 45 minute drive away from there. The part of the hand that makes up the thumb is Kempenfelt Bay, while the pointing finger is Cook’s Bay in the south.

 
Originally the lake was called Ouentironk or “Beautiful Water” by the Huron natives. It was renamed Lake Simcoe in 1973 by John Graves Simcoe in honor of his father, Captain John Simcoe.

 
Some cities near this lake are Barrie, which is located on Kempenfelt Bay, Orillia, which is near the Northmost part of the lake, and Georgina which is located along the south shore of the lake.

 
In winter, once the ice forms, this lake is known sometimes as Canadas ice fishing capital. There are several vendors near and on this lake to get supplies from and several hut operations to choose from. There are over 60 different species of fish in the lake. Bass, pike, lake trout, whitefish, walleye, perch and crappie are just a few to choose from. This lake is restocked wiht fish so you are never going to have to worry aboutrunning out of fish to catch.

Ice fishing on Lake Erie is not as well known as some other lakes but is still great because, unlike the other, larger of the great lakes, it freezes over in the winter.

 
Lake Erie is named after the Erie tribe of Native Americans who lived along its south shore.Lake Erie is one of the smallest of the five great lakes. Its surface area is just under 10 000 square miles and the average depth is only 62 feet.
Lake Erie is bordered in the north by the Canadian province of Ontario, in the south by the American states of Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York, and on the west by the state of Michigan. The cities of Buffalo, Erie, Toledo, Port Stanley, Monroe, and Cleveland, are located on the shores of Lake Erie.

 
This lake has several islands to explore. Ballast Island ,Big Chicken Island, Chick Island, East Sister Island, Gibraltar Island, Green Island, Gull Island, Hen Island, Johnson’s Island, Kelleys Island, Little Chicken Island, Lost Ballast Island, Middle Island, Middle Bass Island, Middle Sister Island, Mohawk Island, Mouse Island, North Bass Island, North Harbour Island, Pelee Island, Rattlesnake Island, South Bass Island, Starve Island, Sugar Island, Turtle Island, and West Sister Island.

 
The ice on Lake Erie can get thick enough to plant a hut on so if you are heading out there be sure to check the thickness, because you still never know. The main fish that are caught on this lake are walleye, yellow perch, smallmouth bass, chinook salmon, coho salmon, rainbow trout, brown trout, northern pike, largemouth bass and carp.

If you are going ice fishing on Lake Erie, the Division of Wildlife recommends contacting a licensed Ohio Lake Erie fishing guide.

Georgian Bay is a great lake for ice fishing in the winter. It is a large bay of Lake Huron, which is one of the great lake in North America. It is located in Ontario, Canada. The main part of the bay is between the Bruce Penninsula and Manitoulin Island.
Georgian Bay is 320 kilometres (200 miles) long by 80 kilometres (50 miles) wide. Its surface is over 15,000 square kilometres (5800 square miles), making it almost as large as Lake Ontario.

 
There is a huge number islands in Georgian Bay. Most of these islands are along the east side of the bay and are known as the Thirty Thousand Islands, including the larger Parry Island. Manitoulin Island is the world’s largest island in a freshwater lake.
Midland and Penetanguishene, at the south end of the bay, are popular sites for summer cottages. Collingwood, Meaford and Wasaga Beach are located at the south end of the bay. Owen Sound and Wiarton are located on the Bruce Peninsula. Tobermory is located at the northern tip of the Bruce Peninsula.  Parry Sound has the world’s deepest freshwater port and is located on the east shore of the bay.
The shores of Georgian Bay are the domain of Anishinaabeg First Nations peoples to the North and Huron-Petun to the south. It was a major trade route between those two tribes.

 
It was named Georgian Bay after King George IV by Lieutenant Henry Wolsey Bayfield of the Royal Navy in 1822.
Some of the species of fish that you can expect to cath while ice fishing are, Walleye, Bass, Northern Pike, Musky, Yellow Perch, Crappie, Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, Pacific Salmon, Chinook, Coho, Pink Salmon, Atlantic Salmon, Whitefish, Sturgeon and Catfish.

 
Although Georgian Bay is an awesome summer cottage destination in the summer, it is also a great location for some hard water ice fishing. The bay freezes over completly in winter so be sure to head out to this northern destination with your gear ready for some icy fun.

Lake of the woods is located in the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Manitoba and the U.S. state of Minnesota. Lake of the woods is over seventy miles long and seventy miles long. It has over 14,552 islands and 65,000 miles (105,000 km) of shoreline. It would be the longest shoreline of any lake in Canada but the lake is not completly in Canada.

 
There are several communities around the lake of the woods. In Minnesota there is Angle Inlet, Baudette, Hackett, Roseau, Warroad, and Wheeler’s Point. In Ontario there is Angle Inlet, Big Grassy, Dog Paw, French Portage Narrows, Kenora, Minaki, Morson, Naongashiing, Naotkamegwanning, Nestor Falls, Obashkaandagaang Bay, Ochiichagwe’Babigo’Ining,  Onigaming, Rainy River, Regina Bay, Sioux Narrows, Wauzhushk Oniguming, and Windigo Island. Manitoba has only two communities near the shores of Lake of the Woods, Middlebro and Buffalo Point.

 
The main feature of the Lake of the woods is the Aulneau Peninsula. It is connected to the mainland by a strip of land at its southeast corner. Aulneau Peninsula is about twenty five miles long and ten miles wide. It has over eighty lake with in it and the largest of the lakes is called Arrow Lake. The Aulneau Peninsula was named after the Jesuit Father Jean-Pierre Aulneau, he was a French Catholic priest, who was killed on June 6th 1736 at Lake of the Woods.

 
The local economy of the Lake of the Woods relies heavily on tourism for revenue. There are many places for recreation on and around the lake. Equipment and boats can be supplied by the many resorts and outfitters for those that don’t have their own to use. Many locations of the lake are extremely remote and are difficult to access. Because the lake is so huge, it provides many excellent enviroments for fish to thrive in. The lake is well known for its walleye population, but lake perch and pike are also aboundant. You can also catch bass and muskies in this huge lake.

 
Ice fishing of this lake is a huge business. It freezes over completely in winter and provides hours, days and months of ice fishing enjoyment for those zany hard water anglers. You can expect to pull walleye, lake perch, pike, musky and bass out of the ice hole.