Actually SD, these fish probably won't catch guys from Canada's Mid-West and West off guard.
I just moved back to Ontario 2 years ago after Living in NW Ontario, Winnipeg, Saskatoon and Edmonton (Not all at once mind you.......) and can tell you that Canada has some of the best drive to trophy walleye waters in North America.
LOTW in north western Ontario (Rainy River)
Pine Falls and Winnipeg River, it is common to get big green backs in the fall in the same number s Quinte (but it dead too
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Lake Diefenbacker, Last Mountain, and Tobin lake in SK all produce high numbers of Monster eyes in the fall.
Pigeon res. in Alberta (strickly Catch and Release).
Fishing the Saskatchewan Walleye trail, Southern Alberta Walleye trail and Manitoba tournaments gave me first hand knowledge of these fish.
Now, Mid- Western American drool over these fish and that is why all the above locations are just as popular as Quinte in the fall.
But.......Quinte is by far the best location for numbers of fish over 10 pounds.
Shawn Hannah