May Ontario Fishing Trip Pike/Musky

A couple of us guys are planning a trip to Ontario this May to do a pike/musky trip. We have never been there before, and were wondering if any of you guys have any tips/suggestions on where we should go. We are pretty avid anglers with endless amounts of gear and knowledge, but need some help on where to go so we don't waste our time farting around with bad lakes/rivers. We are thinking the Georgian bay area but are open to any suggestions. I heard the musky season doesn't open til mid June, but was wondering if anglers could still target them, as long as it is catch and release only? Any help will be appreciated.

the lungelodge looks great! prices seem pretty good too for a week...

depends what your looking for tho lots of options

Couple things

If you are going to spend the money to drive the 8+ hours to georgian bay, paying for gas, food, the lodging...Why not spend a couple hundred extra to hire a guide to show you the area? Looking at the whole picture that would be a drop in the bucket.

It makes perfect sense to pay a guide on the first day you are there to fish, so the rest of the week you have an idea on what to do and where to go. That guide could make or break your trip. Think about it you might spend half your vaction looking for fish and get a few, or have someone that makes a living on the water show you the pattern that has been happening just days before...

Also make sure you got your ****s in order, you will need them to get back in the states.

Personally I would rather spend a vacation locally fishing, maybe hire a guide or two on more local water. The best part about that is you can sleep in your own bed, and no worries about major issues happening when on your trip. If I had a week to just go musky fishing I would include a trip with Red on the alleghany, and at least one or two days with Todd Young on Chautauqua. But thats is what I would do.

french river and georgian bay are good starting points.  if you want to drive a little further lake of the woods is packed with many species.  a GPS unit is 100% necessary on that lake. 

Lake of the Woods is a top choice. Lots of musky...and big ones!...,+ excellent pike, walleye and big smallies. I recommend Crow Rock Lodge, near the north end. Reasonable prices, excellent food and cabins & boats, and fine guides. I agree that you'll be wasting much of your overall investment if you don't hire a guide for a day or two to show you around...and I also agree you'll need GPS on that big lake.

It opens the 3rd saturday in june. Can you still target them?

You just have to love it when a guy asks for help, and tells you how he is going to do it anyway!

i have to agree with handline about hiring a guide the first day or two. we went to the french and theres so much water. finally after 4 days of tough fishing, we got a guide and it was worth every cent. going in may could be tough enough when dealing with cold water & iceout at least a guide could really help.

good luck & prepare for any kind of weather. may is really iffy up north. we used to go to kipawa in june. one year it was 70 degrees the next never got out of the forties & the snow had just melted a week earlier. if i had my choice september is great & no bugs

we go to jack lake not far from kawartha lakes and it does not come in till first weekend in june. water temps opening day usually around 65 to 70 degrees depending on sun shine.weed growth usaully just getting started.we are heading up for the 3rd full week in june seems to be the best week for us in june.

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ok cool, I've heard good things about the kawartha region, and that too is def another option for us. Unfortunately, one of our guys had to bail on us so we're not even sure what we're going to do next.  We may even post-pone the trip a couple extra weeks so we can focus primarily on musky.

i'll go :)