Beg: Where to target mid-spring Lakers east of Port Hope

bcjohnso99 · **Joined:** Fri Mar 28, 2014 10:39 am **Posts:** 39

Life will keep me off the water for early spring this year. Looking to get out late April - early May. Coming from Ottawa so anywhere east of Port Hope is in play.

I've searched the board and there are precious few Laker reports for this timeframe (maybe everyone is infected with Wally fever :wink:

)

Any recommendations on where to try?

Amherst Island?
False Ducks?
Scotch Bonnet?
Presqu'ile?
Wicklow?

pdubya · **Joined:** Tue Feb 19, 2013 11:33 am **Posts:** 101

Based on what I've seen on this board (never been there myself), it looks like people go out to Big Bar Shoal. The shoal is 5 km. south of Amherst Island out from Upper Gap. This is big water so you need a big boat and/or reasonable weather.

Jim Lyon · **Joined:** Wed Aug 10, 2011 8:12 pm **Posts:** 429

Just fish the deeper waters of Finkles. Everyone ice fishes there all winter (and do well) but come open water drive past and fish the south side....odd

bcjohnso99 · **Joined:** Fri Mar 28, 2014 10:39 am **Posts:** 39

Thanks for the info Jim Lyon and pdubya.

Never fished that area. Fired up my Helix with Navionics charts and... holy cow the north channel is deep!

Plans are locked and loaded. Now have to pray for good weather.

DMcFaul · **Posted:** Tue Apr 01, 2025 5:42 am

Usually start wetting the lines on Lakers and Browns around Salmon Point in the spring. The lakers are thick over there all year.

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