Chris1395

White Lake

White lake is close to my heart as I grew up on this lake at the family cottage. White lake is marginal for lake trout water quality, bordering at mesotrophic level and is therefore stocked yearly with Splake by MNR as a put-grow-take fishery. Most splake are taken icefishing, however they are caught in the shallows in the spring of the year after ice-out, and can be found in teh deeper basins during the summer, I have found jigging minnows to be effective. The lake bottoms out around 80 feet in the main basin near the big island, and shallows out to the south at a marshy area. The east side of the island drops off steeply and has some great rocks to jump out from. Water clarity is good. Much of the lake is a sandy bottom. I have found the smallmouth bass in this lake are a unique colour, a pale beige sandy colour which nearly matches the sandy bottom substrate. Good populations of pike and largemouth are present as well. To my knowledge I do not believe there is a public launch on this lake.

A lake with split personalities

Canoe Lake is another beautiful Frontenac County lake, and is directly connected (although divided by roadways) to two other lakes to the south, Desert Lake and Eel Lake. Canoe has two personalities, the south end is deep and rocky, with nearly no shoreline but steep cliffs dropping straight down into deep water. As you travel north the lake shallows until it becomes shallow and muddy/weedy at some points at the very northern tip less than 10 feet deep and shallower when the dam at the south is let out in the fall. Water clarity is incredible with visibility over 30 feet, which can make fish wary of the angler and their presentation. The Lake Trout fishery is good here with a healthy population of naturally reproducing trout in all age classes.

Beautiful Lake

Desert Lake is one of the largest and deepest lakes in the area. I have marked spots well over 300 ft deep and there are said to be deeper holes still. Desert Lake is a popular lake for Lake Trout and is busy all season long. In the spring trout are shallower and can be taken long-lining or still fishing the shallower areas, during the summer trout go much deeper and can be taken deepwater trolling along "The Narrows" and off points dropping out into deep water, or by finding deep shoals and anchoring and fishing with dead-bait. Excellent populations of largemouth bass in the many weedier/shallower areas of the lake, as well as Northern pike. Bass in the 5-6 lb range are common. Large boulders and rockpiles rise surprisingly fast out of deepwater so caution must be taken especially off points near the top of The Narrows.

Good spot to try for Lake trout

Large shallow rocks - proceed slowly

Excellent (free) boat launch near Desert Lake Camground although parking can be limited on the roadside during the height of the summer season.

Rocks

Rocks

Good launch, only a few parking spots

Muskie and Pike and Bass

I haven't fished Collins in a few years but there are lots of big pike and bass and occasional muskie to be had.

Launch fee is $6.00

lake trout

This lake is open year round for lake trout but there is no public access to launch or walk out in winter. There is only a very small remnant population of naturals left, and MNR tried stocking without much success. Now lets get a lake map up for Potspoon!