Heading to Canada next week any suggestions?

Taking my first fishing trip to Canada next week. Any last minute advice?

My main goal is Walleye. Probably jig on the bottom, troll a little and try some crank baits.

What has been your success?

In-Fisherman has a good book on Walleye Fishing.

back trolling slowly on the bottom with live bait is good for catching walleyes. Add a small spinner and red beads to the rig to help attract attention to the bait.

Take along plenty of insect repellent. Them no see'em can really bite and so can the mosquitoes.

Some times of the year they are not so bad. I went up there right after I got out of school in early June and the no see'em were not out but the mosquitoes were. They invaded our car somehow and on the way home they ate us alive until we figured out what was going on. They got into the ventilation system and came out after we got into the car.

We have to stop the car and shoe them all out. LOL

Take along something to store your fish with and leave a little skin on each of the fillets to prove what kind of fish you are taking back across the boarder. If you don't they may take all your fish at the boarder crossing. You are only allowed to bring a certain amount of each fish back to the states

Don't forget to get a copy of your birth certificate or passport.



[quote=motalot;299967]Taking my first fishing trip to Canada next week. Any last minute advice?

My main goal is Walleye. Probably jig on the bottom, troll a little and try some crank baits.

What has been your success?[/quote]

[QUOTE=motalot;299967]Taking my first fishing trip to Canada next week. Any last minute advice?

My main goal is Walleye. Probably jig on the bottom, troll a little and try some crank baits.

What has been your success?[/QUOTE]


My only last minute advice, is TAKE ME WITH YOU PLEASE!!!!!!!

I gave Jim Strader some of those Lake Fork Swim Baits to take and they tore those up.. both Walleye and Smallies. Wierd thing was they put them straight on a Jig Hook. I plan on trying them on some swim jigs or chatterbaits.
Jim Dicken.

Just got back from a week in Canada...best bait was a 3/16 oz round head jig with a curly tail grub and live bait, leech or piece of nightcrawler. best colors were white, white and chartreuse, or bright pink. take some methiolate color trick worms and just use a small 3 to 4" piece on a jig head with live bait. back trolling works the best and if you can take a small portable depth finder it helps find the rock piles..just like here..fish the drop off's and points..If you are driving in, stop before the border and buy nightcrawlers..foam cooler and make sure you use the paper bedding, can't take any dirt across the border. check the regulations on line but Ontario is pretty much 2 or 4 fish max depending on what type of license you buy. good luck...

[QUOTE=TritonMo;300040]Just got back from a week in Canada...best bait was a 3/16 oz round head jig with a curly tail grub and live bait, leech or piece of nightcrawler. best colors were white, white and chartreuse, or bright pink. take some methiolate color trick worms and just use a small 3 to 4" piece on a jig head with live bait. back trolling works the best and if you can take a small portable depth finder it helps find the rock piles..just like here..fish the drop off's and points..If you are driving in, stop before the border and buy nightcrawlers..foam cooler and make sure you use the paper bedding, can't take any dirt across the border. check the regulations on line but Ontario is pretty much 2 or 4 fish max depending on what type of license you buy. good luck...[/QUOTE]

You better check that.. My understanding is that importing worms or nightcrawlers is illegal.. YOU MUST buy your bait in Canada ONLY! Some guys I know were fishing the boundary waters and got busted for accidentally fishing in Canada they had a license but the bait was illegal.

I have been going to NW Ontario for the last 12 years, twice a year for the last 8. We enter thru International Falls/Fort Francis and always take nightcrawlers that I purchase at Wally World and packaged by DMT Bait. These crawlers are packaged in "sterile" bedding. The regulations state that night crawlers may be brought into Canada if packaged in a "commercial bedding". When Customs ask, I tell them we have night crawlers in "sterile commercial bedding" and all they say is "have a nice fishing trip" I was just up there for a week the last week of May. If you are going thru an outfitter, you might want to check with them first. The outfitter that I use has 13 different lakes and he does not permit live bait of any type on about half of them.

Paul L

Check local regs VERY carefully & absolutely pack live bait, if allowed!! If not allowed, be prepared to fish for something else through the day.

Haven't fished Canada in many years, but we packed a bunch of nightcrawlers, as a last minute impulse, & were so glad that we did. Had no problem catching on artificials during lowlight & @ night, but there were significant periods of time during the day when a piece of real meat was all that would get the walleyes going.

Good luck!