Ice Fishing lake Muskoka

Hello All,

I am planning an ice fishing weekend at the cottage feb 21st this year and was wondering if there are any good ice ht opperators in muskoka. I went out with duffs cottages one year but they told me htey couldnt help me out htis year, whatever that means. I dont think they are putting huts out anymore. I have booked a hut with tim hales on simcoe, but would prefer to get somehting a bit closer to lake muskoka, maybe rosseau. I will be in milford bay, ie between port carling and bracebridge off the 118. I am going to have group up and the closer the opperator the better. These guys arent the type to wlak out with a portable in two feet of snow, which is why i was hopping to use an pperator.

Let me know if you can help

The only operator that I know of in that area is on Three Mile Lake just outside of Windermere.

Thanks Rybak,

I called bait on the lake and they said that there are no opperators on lake muskoka this year. And i havent found any other close by. Looks like even sparrow lake doesnt have the walleye man out anymore. I am not sure of what i will do. The people i am bringing up wont be too interested in driving to beaverton and paying 55 a person to fish for the day. What is the name of the perator on three mile, maybe i will give him a call.

Any other suggestions would be appreciated.

Deuc,

Try Backwater Bait and Tackle on Midland Bay.. Not too far.

http://www.icefishinggeorgianbay.com/

RW

Birchdale Cottages is the place on 3 Mile Lake near Windermere, but you'll be fishing for Perch and Walleye rather than Lake Trout like on the big lakes...

BD

Hey Big D,

Thanks for the reply. I went ahead and booked birchdale. Not exactly what i wanted to go out for but its close to the cottage and will make things easier. Usualy i go out myself with my hut for pearch. I fogured a nive heated hut would be good for some guys that don't fish very often. Any advice for technique for walleye? I would like to get a walleye, for pearch i might as well just walk out on simcoe, rather than pay for a hut.

One day i will get a laker, just probably not this season, running out of time. I may try cutting some holes my self this weekend on lake muskoka, i have been skunked every year so far. Not too sure what i am doing wrong. I think i will walk way out this year to a shoal that looks t be about 50 fow, near 100+. Or should i just go to where it is realy deep?

hi last year we had a big group of guys going out and we used a portable garage thing was nice and big and not to hard to get set up there are alot of spots close enough to walk out on rosseau i was across rosseau on sunday it was all ice no snow ran the lake from milford bay end to port carling

I'm actually heading up to lake muskoka (walker's point area) on the 27th. Anyone been fishing out that way lately? Any luck?

I fished close to walkers point last Saturday for about 2 hrs. One hit. I had good luck out there several weeks ago on a williams gold/silver. I've spent most of this winter scouting for winter walleye close on Lake Muskoka.

Hi guys,

For now this will do. I am going to be up this weekend as well. Was hoping to get out on sunday, saturday is reserved, ha. Anyways im located in milford bay and i have a single portable that i can pull pretty far. Is anyone heading that way that would like someone to tag along. I am always open to learning new tehcniques and meeting new people. Drop me a PM if you would liek to meet up to do some laker fishing.

Do you think you can pull a laker througha 6 inch hole, thats all i got.

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Originally Posted by Deucalion

Hi guys,
Do you think you can pull a laker througha 6 inch hole, thats all i got.

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You might want to drill 2 side by side.
We caught a 12lber last year and it JUST squeezed through the 8 inch hole.

lol, i see people fishing all the time here in the bay of quinte using 4-6" augers. i tell them they may wanna bring a spud out next time and resize that hole. youd barely get the nose of a 15 lb walleye up a 4 inch hole LOL.....americans..... wait till i post the video of them trying to plow the ice off way out in the middle with there quad... lol

i tried drilling two holes and it always seemed to jsut end up in the same hole witha larger openign at the top but the same size at the bottome. Hmm amybe time to upsize. If i jsut put bigger blades on, do you think it would work, rather than buying a new auger.

NO..you need to buy a bigger auger! When you try drilling two...you're probably starting too close, then drifting into the first one. If you have a chisel, or shovel, or somehting to bang away with, you should be able to leave a small gap and get rid of it after both holes are drilled.

thanks jonnyb, i will give that a try this weekend.

Hello all, I was just hoping for a report on the ice around Acton island? I've got laker fever bad and was hoping to be up bala way on sat.

I have pulled Lakers out of a 6, but I am much more relaxed knowing I have a 8. Fish on!!!

I haven't been out. As well. Thanks for the updates everybody. Hopefully I can get out Sunday afternoon

Hey hard water haven't been out this year yet. Conditions are sketchy. I would wait a week

WARNING

This is a post from 2009 and the ice conditions mentioned are NOT CURRENT!

For current ice conditions for the Muskoka lakes you can refer to this thread:
http://www.oodmag.com/community/show...-Rosseau/page3

I know rugger. The big lakes have 2 feet of snow on them. Not much ice on them yet

Shoot rookie mistake thanks fellas. I'm new to forum thing. Thanks guys

We'll let it go........ This time... ;)

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Hello all, I was just hoping for a report on the ice around Acton island? I've got laker fever bad and was hoping to be up bala way on sat.

I have pulled Lakers out of a 6, but I am much more relaxed knowing I have a 8. Fish on!!!

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After losing fish due the tiny 8" hole I finally upgraded to a 10"

Hey Hardwaterhero...where abouts off of Acton Island do you fish? Isn't the south end usually open water for most of the winter?

Hey. I usually go to the boat launch near ham road there. Wen today was probably 12 inch of slush and only 2 inch ice. So we went out to the marina at walkers point was still a little scetchy but a good 3.5 inch.

Attachment 28249 got a 6lbs er

Can't take the credit tho that's my brother in law

Nice fish Hardwaterhero...was that today?

Beauty muskoka laker. Was she a clipped fin baby ?? I'm actually surprised there was so much ice out there at walkers point.

Got er saterday around noon. Can't wait to get back out for mine! Didn't notice a cliped fin.

Let me know if u headin out. If u want someone else to fish with. My buddies all busy and don't like being out there alone with sketchy ice

Backwater tackle in midland is closed down...as for hut operators on muskoka look up prime time hut operators on facebook.

Hoping to get out this Saturday for some lunkers. Fish on!