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I FISHED SOUTH BASIN ,FROM MATLOCK TO BECONIA...1200 VEHICLESI FISH NORTH BASIN THE LAST TWO YEARS AND OTHER THAN THE DIRBYMAYBE 2 FISHERMAN! LOTS OF FISH ALL SPECIES.......WHERE ARE ALL YOU FISHERMAN?CAN CATCH RIGHT ON THE WINTER ROAD, OR ENDLESS CHOICE PLACES WITH SKI-DOOLOTS OF SAND BEACHES FOR PICKERAL , NICE BIG MARSH FOR THOSE BIG NORTHERNSWINTER AND SUMMER...MAYBE IT'S JUST TOO REMOTE FOR YOU GUYS...
So you're saying that the Channel area and the North Basin have colder water than the ice covered South Basin. Hmmmm. Yes the water is clearer and deeper. Lots more structure too. Most definitely untapped with respect to angling opportunity. Someday the people who make a living off LW will realize or admit that the recreational fishery/generates more income, more jobs and much less work than commercial fishing. It's not the anglers' faults that nobody ventures north of Riverton or Pine Falls to fish recreationally. The area locals are the ones who have to make it public. They have to start accepting "outsiders" instead of driving them away.
...MAYBE IT'S JUST TOO REMOTE FOR YOU GUYS...
there is non of this he is fishing to close to me going on up there not like at chalet beach
I've been there but that ^^ pretty much sums it up for me at least as a one day every weekend sort of place. I try and get out every weekend at least once, so a day trip for me ends at max 5 hours there and back and still be home to tuck the little ones into bed.I won't argue about negative attitudes thing but as for fishing too close, it's hard to lockport any one up there b/c first you have to be within 24km to even see them. A little tongue in cheek but on a nice day you'd be hardpressed to convince me there is even 1/10th the amount of people versus Chalet and area.
COOL FF I GUESS THATS WHY THE WHITE FISH THRIVE UP THERE IN THE NORTH BASIN THE WHITE FISH IN ONTARIO, IN CRYSTAL CLEAR WATER, TASTE AND SMELL THE SAME AS LW NORTH BASIN. WE DID A COMPARIBLE TASTE TEST, NO ONE COULD TELL THE DIFFERENCE. I THOUGHT FOR SURE THERE WOULD BE A DIFFERENCE ACCORDING TO THE COLOR OF WATER, BUT NOT.
FF YOU SEEM TO BE A VERY INTERESTING GUY, KNOWLEDGABLE AND LOVES FISHINGALL THE IMPORTANT THINGS IN LIFE HA HA . NOW CAN YOU SMOKE WHITE FISH?CUZ THATS MY SPEACILTY... P.S AND WE ARE ALL ENTITLED TO OUR OPINIONS.AGAIN THANK YOU ICE SHANTY FOR THIS SITE
I'll have hard time believing that whitefish anywhere are feeding on smelt. Unless there's a specie that has a mouth like a walleye or pike, they're eating much smaller critters than smelt.The real NORTH BASIN, not where MIM refers to, is full of 4 to 6 pound whites. That's what originally put Lake Winnipeg on the commercial fishing map. Not walleye or goldeye for that matter.But if you really, really want to catch monster whites then crack the Cedar Lake code. I'm talking about 7 - 8 pounders! Freakin tanks!
Try smoking whitefish fillets. Scale and fillet as you would a walleye but leave the skin on. Remove ribs and pin bones by "butterflying". Skin will hold fillet together. Rub in a good amount of pickling salt and brown sugar into the meat, sprinkle with cracked black pepper and Mrs. Dash seasoning. Place on a stainless pan/ceramic dish and refrigerate ovenight...salt and sugar will make it's own brine. Hot smoke for ~3 hours next day. Boneless smoked whitefish second to none.FF
COULD YOU PLEASE TELL ME WHERE YOUR NORTH BASIN IS? THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT! IF YOUR NORTH BASIN IS DIFFERENT FROM MINE.
I would consider THE north basin as north of a line from Beren's River to McBeth Point and the south end of Sturgeon Bay. Matheson Island area is still considered part of the Channel area to my knowledge. Maybe not on paper but there are definite differences in geography, depth and water.
The north basin of L Winnipeg is quite different from the south. I can recall some depths of 114 feet and have even seen lake trout taken in nets north of Grand Rapids between Selkirk Island and Limestone bay. The trout were in poor shape IMO though. Likely averages about 40 feet though. Further, out in the centre of the north basin the water is a beautiful dark emerald green...or it used to be back in the 1980's. I worked one summer on a fisheries patrol boat called the "Siggy Oliver". Been all around and across the north basin many times. Got hit by a few real bad storms as well. Don't know what ever happened to that vessel...likely a casualty of endless government budget cuts .FF