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[FishingAddict]

Hey friends!
Tyler and I are looking for new and crazy places to camp next year, and we figured you guys might know of such places. Our previous spot was 5km up and into a forested mountain just east of Algonquin and north of nowhere, and the lake we were on was teeming with smallmouth. We're hoping to camp on a lake that has other species like pike or walleye, as well as bass. If you happen to know of any such place and are willing to help us out, it would be mucho appreciated. If you don't want to advertise, which is completely understandable, feel free to shoot me a pm.

[drsmooth]

Search "North Frontenac Park Lands", or "Lingham Lake". If you go to Lingham Lake get a good map there are several thousand islands. It is easy to get lost.

[FishingAddict]

Lingham Lake looks amazing, and I'm liking the ease of lostness. Is this a popular/regulated place? As in, is this a place I'd have to pay to camp?

[spottedGARRR]

niice. thanks you

[emenius]

Lady Evelyn Smooth water provincial park, water access only and full of pretty much everything.

[steve-hamilton]

i've been to both lady evelyn and lingham lake...

both aren't exactly what you describe....as lady evelyn you have water access and a "lift" over the hydro dam by a local....

it's huge water and we felt small in our 17' lund tiller.

lingham ... well ... you can get in by trail, by 4x4, by a local you pay to bring you in....it's not exactly "remote" anymore, as you can hear motorized vehicles, usually quad's, ripping around the lake trails....

[drsmooth]

steve-hamilton, on Jul 30 2010, 12:27 PM, said:

lingham ... well ... you can get in by trail, by 4x4, by a local you pay to bring you in....it's not exactly "remote" anymore, as you can hear motorized vehicles, usually quad's, ripping around the lake trails....

Lingham ain't so bad, If you go during the week. If you go on a weekend, set up camp on an mid lake island and you should hear little, if anything.

Although if approaching from the south you probably need a 4x4.

Or hire the farmer who will bring you there and back on the road in. And let you park on his land.

At least you are parking in someones land. As opposed to parking on a road in the middle of nowhere.

Edited by drsmooth, 31 July 2010 - 12:26 AM.

[thorold fisher]

Thanks a lot for the quick replies..the place jim and I have been going to for the last 2 years is very secluded..we honestly saw 3 people the entire time we were up there and they were just stopping in for a few hours of fishing because theywere locals...
For next year i would like to keep things as close to this as possible.
I feel like part of the fun is knowing that you are so alone out there.
I think i would rather go back to the same spot we have been than to a spot where there is a chance it is going to be busy
I think we might have to try to look into things a little further north....any ideas?

[CLofchik]

The Backroads Mapbook series can be useful finding new places to try. There's still plenty of places south of North Bay where you can disappear for a week and not run into anybody, but you're going to have to portage (or several) to get back into them. North of the Magnetawan River and South of Hwy.522 are a ton of bass lakes that are barely fished, and some have pike & pickeral. Maybe 4hr drive from Niagara.

If you want a true bush tripping experience you can load up the gear & canoes on a train and get dropped off somewhere in the Chapleau Reserve, either paddle back out or if you don't want to work THAT hard have the train pick you up where it dropped you off. There's three or four trains still working that will flag stop so it's just a matter of picking your spot. Be warned though, in the Boreal forest the bugs are stupid bad in summer, better to wait until the end of August or early June.

[M K]

larder lake. big lake, lots of fish. but a long drive from niagara, pm me and i'll give ya more info, like the haunted campground/provincial park.

[fishkid]

get yourself onto google maps and start hunting around the timmons area. I take it you're not too concerned about a good drive . There are many many many small undiscovered (kinda) lakes in the area that are more remote than you could imagine. And fishing that makes you shake your head in amazement. No park fees, no showers, no neighbors. Keep in mind that it is almost mandatory to have a couple 4x4's for gear.