Lake Temagami is located approximately one hour north of North Bay Ontario.  The lake offers a very diverse Ice Fishing experience.  The lake is very large, with countless bays, sunken island, shoals and humps to explore.  The winter fishery includes Lake Trout, Whitefish, Cisco (lake herring), Walleye, Pickeral, Ling Cod and Pike.  The main access [...]

Lake Simcoe is the largest inland lake in southern Ontario aside from the great lakes.  Ice fishing on Lake Simcoe can be excellent from first ice to last ice.  Perch, Pike, Pickeral, Walleye, Lake Trout, Whitefish and Ling Cod make up the main fishery on the lake during the winter months.  If you are planning [...]

Planning is underway for the 2012 Ice Fishing Derby here in Elliot Lake! We hope to have as great a turnout as last year, and have some great improvements in the derby. Feb 2, 2012 on Horne Lake in Elliot Lake. Come on out and register for your change at THOUSANDS in cash and prizes! [...]

Kempenfelt Bay – Barrie, ON FEBRUARY 18, 2012 Registration Fee $85 (INCLUDES HST) You can download the Ice Fishing Tournament Rules here. (PDF) FISH LICENSE-FREE!* * No license required during this Ministry of Natural Resources annual Family Fishing Weekend , February 18-20, 2012. Register for the Kempenfelt Bay Ice Fishing Derby here: [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PRLog (Press Release) – Sep 15, 2011 – The MAYORS ICE FISHING CHALLENGE is designed to partner with: Towns seeking to stand out as [...]

21st Annual Wawa Ice Fishing Derby 2012 The Wawa Ice Fishing Derby will continue once again in 2012.  This long running derby is now in its 21st successful year of holding this excellent event. March 2nd, 3rd and 4th 2012 come out for your chance to win: Over $100,000 in prizes! Limited to 1300 participants. Don’t delay! Entry fee [...]

Ling, or fresh water cod are probably one of the most prolific species that one can plan to target in the cold, deep northern lakes of Ontario.  These fish are primarily a nocturnal feeder.  They live deep, very deep, and at night they slither their way up from these depths seeking forage in shallower areas.  [...]

Ontarios deep, cold northern lakes are home to some of our most sought after quarry when Ice Fishing.  For most people, thinking of these lakes brings images of giant lake trout, and hordes of whitefish.  There are other species that are just as plentiful, actually more plentiful than these other well known fish species. The [...]

Many folks who fish with live or dead bait will from time to time use minnows as their offering to fish.  With that usually comes an excess of minnows at the end of the day.  Why waste this perfectly fine bait when you can save them for future use. The main trick here is to [...]

By far, one thing that many anglers overlook is the transportation and storage of their ice fishing gear.  There’s nothing worse than arriving at your decided ice fishing location, to find out that your favourite light action perch ice fishing rod is now missing its tip! Not only can this sort of thing be frustrating, [...]

Certainly one of the most daunting tasks in Ice Fishing is simply locating fish.  Only having a few holes with roughly an 8-10 inch diameter makes things all that much more difficult. Many of the species we target when Ice fishing, such as lake trout, whitefish and perch, will suspend at different depths in the [...]

How often have you been out targetting one species, only to find that you are catching a species that you did not even expect to be in the area at all?  This video is an example of how changing weather patterns can affect what species of fish you will find. Sometimes, different species will show [...]

Various methods can be used to target both lake trout and whitefish simultaneously.  One such method that we’ve found to be deadly is the drop shot method with a little spin added to it.  Using a Lil Foxee jig as your bottom weight, tipped with a minnow allows you to attract whitefish on the bottom, [...]

March 4th, 5th and 6th 2011 – 2011 Wawa Ice Fishing Derby Over $100,000 in prizes! Limited to 1300 participants Entry fee is only $135.00 (HST Included) There will be prizes for the top ten Lake Trout and top ten Whitefish caught. PLUS There will be ten (10) Early Bird Prizes of $500 cash each drawn from all entries received by January [...]

February 26th, 2011- Elliot Lake Ice Fishing Derby Registration for the Elliot Lake 5th Annual Ice Fishing Derby open December 1st, 2010 at the Elliot Lake Trading Post, or contact the Elliot Lake Chamber of Commerce. Register early; be one of the first 250 people to register for your chance to win an Argo 8×8 Frontier 650! (www.argoatv.com) [...]

February 2011
3rd annual Wikwemikong Ice Fishing Derby Buzwah Fisheries, Manitowaning, Manitoulin Island February 12, 2011 The Wikwemikong Tourism Information Center invites you to the 2nd annual Ice Fishing Derby on February 20th at Buzwah Fisheries on Manitowaning Bay. website http://www.wikwemikong.ca inquiries@wikwemikong.ca 1-888-801-9422

Rabbit Lake is located in the near north of Ontario.  Just east of Temagami Lake, and the town of Temagami, Rabbit lake is a prime destination in Ontario for ice fishing.  Nearly a hundred years ago, a hydro dam was built on Rabbit Lake, and it is still there.  Visitors to the lake in winter will [...]

Ice fishing for the Whole Family   It is easy to get into the slump of wasting the winter away on the couch. Outdoor family activities can be few and far between during the snowy season but ice fishing is a sure fire way to get everyone out into the fresh winter air. There are a [...]

The Bare Minimum for Ice Fishing When it comes to ice fishing you can have loads and loads of gear and toys or the just bare minimum and still catch lots of fish. It’s great to have power augers, portable ice huts, heaters, tip-ups, ice rods, fish finders, underwater cameras and all sorts of other ice fishing [...]

Ice Fishing for Pike The pike family includes musky, pickerel, gar, northern pike and grass pike among others. Northern pike and grass pike are a blast to catch through the ice and will be focused on here. Pike are abundant throughout many Ontario lakes . Most of the time you can find them in lakes and ponds that have [...]