Day 14 June 30 It was late and so we throw up our tents in the trees along the portage trail on river left above a long run of CIIIs. To quote the Canoe Atlas of the Little North,

2006 Jerry caught five walleye as we trolled across the Assin Lake to the best campsite of the trip! For most of the length of the Winisk River and its banks, from Winisk Lake to the Polar Bear Provincial Park, has been designated a provincial waterway park. This lake has it all, but the incredible walleye fishing is what brought us back, Fishing for Trophy Musky on Lake Nosbonsing, 5 Northern Ontario Drive-to Walleye Lakes, Fishing at Booth Landing Camping & Cottages, Northern Ontario Travel The Official Magazine, Sign up now to get stories, news, and travel tips, We will never spam you and will never share your e-mail.

Lynn helped us find Jim Bradley of Cristal Lake Camp to drive us up the gravel road to the put-in point.

Baxter is my buddy for the next two hours.

[1] The name is from Cree origin meaning "groundhog".

We had one bad spill and paddled a section that went through an active forest fire great fun!

I had struggled to find a pilot and plane that would haul our canoes and yet be flexible on when and where they would pick us up.

Fish Species: Walleye, Northern Pike, Brook Trout

While several Christmas tree bundles have been placed in the lake for additional cover, the shoreline brush and water vegetation provide cover for the large bass population, making it an ideal location for a day out on the water. The route opens into the wide waters of the lake. Kevin and I pull up on an island to check out the rapids on the right.

Boatmanship through dangerous high water rapids by the one and only, the Brave and Fearless, Crispa Anderson and Naomi Sugarhead of the F

Fish Species: Walleye, Northern Pike, Brook Trout. But adrenaline and lack of sleep overcame common sense.

We found the site.

You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Located in Tonto National Forest, Roosevelt Lake is the place to go for bass fishing. This Northern Ontario geographical article is a stub.

With plenty of year-round fishing opportunities, Arizona is home to diverse wildlife and varied habitats where you can cast a line.

He had not known where we were since we started. Several outfitters service this area.

I could see why the preferred route avoided this rock garden! The Winisk is a fantastic. Ralph and his wife bring food and spend most of the night telling us about their life in the north and their community.

We take the south channel. The most northerly is The Winisk River, which is 275 miles long and drains into Hudson Bay. We rolled into the first line of water with no problem. He is the senior editor of Ontario Out of Doors magazine, Canada's best read fishing and hunting magazine.

The portage on the left was completely blocked off by down trees, so we lined our way to the bottom of the run. We stopped in Sioux Lookout to eat a late lunch and then pushed on to Fort Francis. By now we are tired, over confident and willing to take risks to get done. fishing in Hudson Bay (204 km) | fishing in Upper Attawaspiskat (315 km) | fishing in Lower Attawaspiskat (317 km) | fishing in Roggan-river (400 km) | fishing in Ft. George River (Loon Point) (421 km) | fishing in La Grande Rivire (431 km) | fishing in Tukarak (453 km) | fishing in Great Whale River (464 km) | fishing in Bill of Portland Island (468 km) | fishing in Port Nelson (471 km), TIDES4FISHING | WEATHER FORECAST IN WINISK | NEXT 7 DAYS, Plan now and enjoy your activities at sea with the tides4fishing app.

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There are some truly giant brookies available for those who aren't afraid to lug a canoe and swat a few blackflies.

Cortland includes a pro line cleaning applicator with their Precision line.

That night we watch the same motor boat filled with young adults go both up and down stream. Like its smaller sister, the Kipawa, the Winisk is a true multi-purpose canoe.

Only a few isolated communities are along the river: Wunnumin Lake First Nation (on same lake), Webequie (on Winisk Lake) and Peawanuck, about 30 kilometres (19mi) from its end.

Winisk River is a stream located just 916.5 miles from Essex, in Essex County, in the province of Ontario, Canada, near Moosonee, ON. While most of my casting was between 30 or 40 feet the Deschutes really pushed my distance casting far beyond that.

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waited two days for my plane.

Gunnison River. Kanuchuan Lake Outpost Camp, located 310 miles north of Thunder Bay on Kanuchuan Lake, is part of the Winisk River system.

The next river, moving southward, is the Attiwapiskat River which flows for 465 miles and drains into James Bay. This route cuts through the granite of the Canadian Shield and features a variety of whitewater, waterfalls, small and big lakes.

Anglers who are familiar with Winisk River and want to make a suggestion to the information provided are asked to use the suggest changes button below on this page. The water was raging white all the way around the bend.

Long Rapids must have been flooded out because it was just a long set of rough water. This region has very high-quality lakes, with relatively light angling pressure and the stocked brook trout grow large.

We wave at the first truck and say hello to Ralph and Paulina Winter. So quality line that casts well is a nice feature to have.

This is far more white water then we want to run.

This turn out to be a very nice location with lots of room. I feel that nailing this line down as simply salmon line is selling this line short as it really is an all around high performance floating line.

The Canoe Atlas of the Little North provided most of the information for the last half of the trip on the upper Winisk River. We are about 166 miles into the trip. This is a challenging paddle under clear or stormy skies. In the springtime, Big Lake is particularly popular, as it is stocked with a variety of trout. The first cabin was rustic; this one was a step above a Holiday Inn.

This is my third river miracle. First, that I did not do a lot of damage to the canoe and second I had an expert on hand to patch the boat!

Our map notes said this was a gorgeous campsite overlooking the falls.

But the chances of finding that day pack were growing dimmer as the sun began to sink in the west.

It was. We came up north to run whitewater and this would be our first test!

Lost in all of excitement was a great series of CIs and CIIs that we did run successfully. Its here that you can soak in the deserts beauty on a day of either boat-based or shore-based fishing, as Lake Pleasant is a popular largemouth bass fishery and home to the only white bass population. We paddled down the lake and found a very long wave train at the exit.

As you will be travelling in a 20 freighter canoe powered by a 15hp motor through numerous fast white water rapids, large rocks, boulders and prevailing water levels, it is necessary that a helmsman and a bow oarsman pilot each canoe.

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In Canada, a remote Indigenous community is fighting for its survival in the age of climate change. The sign-in book did not indicate a lot of people had been there but they all had caught walleye! The inside scoop on bass flies from the hosts of The New Fly Fisher. The primary outflow is the Winisk River at the north, which flows to Hudson Bay. Updates? We carried up and over the hill and back down to the river. The change in elevation above to below was over 10 feet.

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The most remote spot on this list, but maybe the only place on earth you can catch dozens of 4-pound brook trout in one day.

Anglers who are familiar with Winisk River and want to make a suggestion to the information provided are asked to use the suggest changes button below on this page. Moose has spent most of his life growing up in Winisk, then Peawanuck, Ontario. This article related to a river in Northern Ontario, Canada is a stub.

The clock hanging over the door is now permanently set at 5:28.

We pulled the canoes through the campsite, around the falls and back into the water. TRIP LOG: Submitted by Vern Fish June 2014.

Log your catch and check out other catches from the community in the Fishbrain app. Shoreline: 199 miles (320 km)

Day 7 June 23 Kevin figured that this saved about 1.5 miles on our transition to Kanuchuan Lake. For the trout angler, gorgeous speckled trout up to 6 pounds lurk in the white water rapids found throughout the river. Supposedly, when the steep waves subside, you can run the open gate. The sixth morning of your fishing adventure you depart from Goose Camp back to Webequie for your return to Thunder Bay. A bonus of fishing in the Ignace area is the access to almost all the brook trout lakes is relatively good. Pete flew us back to Pickle Lake where we used his shower to clean up.

We rolled another canoe on the next rapids. We had a great of trouble finding campsites and portages on the last half of the trip.

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It was an absolutely, incredible run of CIII-IV whitewater! Top Ranked Flies For Catching Brown Trout.

At the bottom of the rapids Jerry said we slide up against an unknown rock on a ledge and over we went.

At this point I think we all just want to finish what we had started.

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We left our Hilton on the Assin and headed for the exit.

He wishes us the best of luck and tells us to look him up on his Facebook page!

We went a little ways downstream where we pulled up and changed into dry clothing. I do have Kevins voice on tape.

Gord Ellis is a lifelong resident of Thunder Bay, Ontario and a full time journalist, broadcaster and professional angler. Winisk River is born at Winisk Lake and runs some 700 km north into Hudson Bay. Paddling by an esker on the Upper Winisk.

Our wives were pretty nervous. Black Rapids was pretty well drowned out but there was an old stockade style cabin with vertical logs.

We are ready to go home.

Day 3 June 19

Gord Ellis is a lifelong resident of Thunder Bay, Ontario and a full time journalist, broadcaster, professional angler and guide. In the springtime, Big Lake is particularly popular, as it is stocked with a variety of trout. We experienced 5 days of some of the best trophy Speckled Trout fishing that can be found anywhere.

The portage was on the right.

You could see a rock cairns every now and then but the trail and trees were completely burned away. From the deck we watch cow moose and her calf plow through the wetland out in the bay.

The Nipigon River is broken up by three hydroelectric dams, and each section has brook trout. A great option in Arizona for fishing enthusiasts who are looking for a day of spotting bass and trout, Saguaro Lake is even home to a few large ones.

The next thing I see is prop spinning off the bow of the canoe. We lined the upper part of this two part rapids and then ran the lower half. I have never been able to see that far across the portage before.

I just returned from a whirlwind trip through Ontario, including a too-short run down the Winisk River with a teaser sampling of plentiful, pre-spawn, beautiful brook trout. Unless we found this pack, we were going to have a tough time going home!

We took another look at the long set of rapids and decided to load up.

Several hotspots east of Nipigon Bay include Terrace Bay, Rossport, Marathon and Pukaskwa Park.

But now we got our second river miracle.

All Rights Reserved. A look downstream revealed a Class II slot under the bridge almost immediately after we leave the landing. The Winisk River is a river in northern Ontario, Canada, that starts at Wunnummin Lake and flows east to Winisk Lake. In 2011 we had paddled the Winisk River from Webequie to within 20 miles of Hudson Bay.

In addition the wind is now coming out of the northeast so it feels like we are paddling upstream.

We are now close enough that we can see the road on the peninsula.

I had my camera running in the boat and Jerry filmed us coming down stream. Jerry brings home five walleye for supper. Submitted by: guest-paddler on 7/23/2009. To set up the camera, Jerry had to look into lens a couple times. We all portaged around the falls and Jerry portaged around the following rapids while Kevin and I ran them.

In 2018, Gord was inducted into the Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame in Hayward, Wisconsin.

Day 6 June 22 Considered some of the best trout fishing opportunities in the world, Big Lake is home to rainbow, brook and cutthroat trout species. We went right and as we pull into the eddy we spotted a little pack going around and around in a slow dance with the river. Portage Lakes: No

Arising from Wunnummin Lake, it flows eastward to Winisk Lake and then north and east for 295 miles (475 km) to its mouth on the bay, draining an area of 24,000 square miles (62,000 square km). Make your fishing dreams come true today and tomorrow.

Kevin and Jerry pulling canoes over log portage.

The Pipestone River flows into Wunnummin Lake where it merges into the headwaters of the Winisk River. We came to the fork in the river at Giblin Island in Nibinamik Lake. The only thing we lost was a day pack.

According to the Canoe Atlas, Wastayanipi means end of clear water. Nice little cabin. https://www.britannica.com/place/Winisk-River.

We have direct access for fishing trips from Peawanuck on to the Winisk River by boat, and by floatplane to adjacent rivers including the Sutton, Brandt and Shagamu Rivers.

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Jim loaded all of our gear and our two canoes into the back of his pick-up.

I love these handy little cases for a quick clean on the river in the hopes of lengthening the life of my fly line. Freighter Canoe trip down the Winisk River with Aboriginal Guides for Brook Trout. By now we were pretty good at canoe rescue and we did not lose anymore gear and no one was hurt.

The Winisk River continues on to Hudson Bay.

The name Big Rapids or Kitche Powitik should have been a clue that this was going to be CIII or bigger. Camp Description.

We will not get a couple miles of paddling to warm up before we hit the whitewater! Jerry and I were happy to be flying home but we were both a little disappointed that we had not be able to push on to Webequie.

We decided to keep paddling down the Winisk. The first half of the trip was a series of white water rapids and waterfalls that was broken up by the occasional small lake.

Head to the Salt Arm, Tonto Arm, and Salome Cove to find rocks and drop-offs where bass like to congregate. Using this information he flew to Webequie and started working his way upstream until he found us. With healthy populations of a variety of fish, this 265-acre man-made lake also sees rainbow trout in the winter months. From Wunnummin Lake the Winisk River flows northeast into Winisk River Provincial Park and village of Webequie.

Ralph feeds us breakfast and gives a tour of the village. The walls were covered with cardboard and snowshoes with a variety shotgun shells scattered on the table and the floor. All of this fuel must come in over the winter road. I still find it amazing how fast information can travel in the north.

If they have a short winter and road breaks up, they do not get enough fuel for the next season. The first canoe ran right through but the second canoe rolled. Cortland includes a "pro line cleaning applicator" with their Precision line.

The Winisk (Indian for woodcock) lies in a region that is uninhabited except for a few small trading posts.

The Webequie First Nation (also known as Webequie, Ontario) and its airport are located on Eastwood Island in the middle of the lake.

We stopped at the MNR tin cabin so I could stretch my bruised hip.

Being back from the Northwest with time on my hands, I am not one to let nice line sit around unused. If youre looking for a unique place to stay, check out the top Airbnb rentals in the area.

Guided. On the way up we cross the Ozhiski which feeds into the Attatwapiskat. We could see where the winter road to Big Beaver House Village came down to the water from the south, across the lake and climbed up the shore on the north. So many lakes, so little time. You can see several white crosses on the hill. Having the world record on the resume doesn't hurt. Fishing is a favorite pastime at Lake Mead, where more than 290 square miles of water surface make up the Lake Mead National Recreation Area. At Webequie, you will meet and be escorted directly to the dock where you embark on your trip downriver.

For the town situated along the river, see, "Winisk River Provincial Park - Waterway", Ontario Parks - Winisk River Official Website, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Winisk_River&oldid=1115892033, This page was last edited on 13 October 2022, at 19:10.

The series of rapids out of the lake turned hard to the right to give it the shape of a C. It turned out to be a very nice CI-II series. Day 5 June, 21

Eat all you want 18 inches and under.

Located in the Pinaleno Mountains at an elevation of 9,000 feet, Riggs Flat Lake is home to Mount Graham.

We ran the gate and later meet our first motor boat. From there it was a long paddle into Assin Lake and Pete Johnsons second cabin. There are literally dozens of stocked and native brook trout lakes throughout this area.

We heard stories about hunting moose, caribou, geese, fishing and running whitewater.

Moving water creates magic.

Almost immediately we landed on huge, flat underwater rock where we could stand and bail out the canoe. Fly-in/Out Days: Any. It started to rain just before day break and the water pooled up under my tent. Perfect for those wanting to reel in a hefty fish, here youll also find plenty of beauty and solitude to lure you in time and time again. Largemouth bass can be found in the deep, cold waters near the damn and Bass Island, while warm, sunny days have them moving towards shallow, warm waters near the drop-offs. The exit out of the dead lake required us to run Manitou Falls which was also known as Gods Rapids or The Gate. Fishn Canada shows you where to go shore fishing in Ontario. If you need fishing tackle, or are looking for a fishing guide or fishing charter please visit Tackle, Guides, Charters

That should have been the final clue. Now the fog has moved in and it is raining. Winisk Lake (French: lac Winisk) is a large, irregularly-shaped lake in the Unorganized Part of Kenora District in northwestern Ontario, Canada. Other Camps on Lake: No. July 24 / 2019 Winisk River, Northern Ontario Canada. Tags: Cortland Fly Line, Cortland Fly Line Reviews, Cortland Precision Fly Line, Cortland Precision Fly Line Review, Cortland Precision Platinum Fly Line, Fly Line Reviews, Gear Reviews, Rambling Reviews, Notify me of followup comments via e-mail. Many paddlers have explored this cabin and most have carved their name into the posts and walls.

Everyone is moving a little slow. We use way less energy traveling longer distances then with other canoes used. I am guessing this is on the far northern edge for this snakes range. A morning fog delays our departure so we explore the fish camp. They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors.

This stretch of the river is not on the beaten path. The 1997 fire that burned across this portage had left nothing! With its abundance of beautiful landscapes and natural wonders in Arizona, fishing enthusiasts flock to state parks, reservoirs and lakes for an idyllic day near the water.

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