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Our Location on
Manitoulin Island on the shores of Kagawong Lake Ontario. |
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Welcome to Dawson Resort Manitoulin Island
Ontario!
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 Make Manitoulin Island
your next Pike fishing getaway in Northern Ontario.
Manitoulin
Island Fishing For Northern Pike
 Tips For Northern Pike
Fishing
A northern
Pike fishing trip to Dawson Resort can be a dream come true.
Northern Pike
Fishing Tips
Manitoulin fishing early
spring provides the best opportunity to catch your limit of Northern Pike.
Throughout the summer and well into late fall tackle the northern pike that
patrol the Kagawong waters, with an appetite that increases as the water starts
to cool down. Fish in weed beds and shallow areas. Use floating crank baits and
spinners that ride just above the weed beds. Pike often times hide out in these
areas and will attack your lure with a vengeance. If you find you're getting
hooked up in the weeds more often than not use a weedless lure or a floating
jointed Rapala. The lures and baits you use are less important than recognizing
where the big Northern Pike are located. Smaller pike are generally hiding near
the weeds or in the back of bays where it's shallow. The bigger pike in the
twenty-six to thirty-six inch range will be near the points leading into bays
or around structure. Most Northern Pike are ambush predators so they use the
rocky points leading into bays because that's were you will find small
Walleyes, bass and minnows. Lake Kagawong is the second largest lake on
Manitoulin Island in Ontario. Located in the central part of the island, the
lake is drained by the Kagawong River, which falls over Bridal Veil Falls into
Lake Huron.
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on Fishing
Manitoulin Island Fishing
Charters
My first
Northern Pike
Pike are a
great fish to catch, they come in all sizes and are relatively easy to target
if you know what you are doing. They can put up an awesome fight. Their fillets
are bony; however, if you know the correct pike fillet techniques you can
produce a boneless filet that tastes great. The best part about fishing for
pike is that many lakes in Manitoulin Island Ontario are loaded with them. You
really don’t need expensive equipment or rigs to land a few nice northern
pike either. This makes them one of the most sought after freshwater game fish
for both experience and new anglers. Pike tend to patrol many of the lakes and
rivers on Manitoulin. They bite hard all year round regardless of season and
time of day. Early May tends to be a good time to land some big pike, however;
these fish can still be found all year. Pike will attack anything in sight,
making them easy targets. They will often hang out in waters of 2 to 15 feet,
and will usually hide out in weed beds. Pike are very fast moving fish, meaning
that you can troll in a boat at a fairly quick speed and still land them. The
shoals of Kerr's Point and Ednie's Point, and the shallow bays Mud Bay and
Prior's Bay are very good areas for northern pike.
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