Hi everyone,
Only 158 days to go and we will be headed for Alwaki. A couple of questions that I have been thinking about. We usually are on Kipawa over the week of July 4th. This year we decided to change it up a little. We will be leaving North west Pa. on the 16th of August, which leads me to my first question. Any suggestions where to stay over night? My big concern is, we don't want to unload our truck and take everything into the hotel room. What are the rates (ballpark) for the Auberg? 2nd question, We always have been very successful over the 4th, Now it will be a little different I suspect. Fishing deeper water etc... Do you fish the same haunts? Any suggestions would be appreciated.
We stayed at Au Bercail - park right in front of your room.
Fish will be lined up down around 35 to 45 feet in the main basis of a lake or sitting in deep water right next to 5-10 feet.
That being said down my way I have seen them in 5 feet of water in Aug and also in June.
Trolling is the best way to go in August and generally Lake Trout are stacked up in 80 feet
All depends on the water temp.
As for accomodations it depends what you want to pay much nicer will be in North Bay about 45 mins away whereas Temiskaming has a pillow to lay your head down.
Hi Starfire,
While not fishing Lake Kipawa, our group has been fishing lakes nearby in mid Aug for a number of years. We have rarely had any requirement to fish walleye deeper than 35 feet. Indeed, 26 or 27 FOW has been the most productive depth. We tend to bottom bounce to locate the walleye and only jig if we find sufficient numbers. We troll and jig for lake trout too. We've always stayed at the Auberge (18 years now). If you are worried about your gear in your vehicles, install some baby monitors. We have never experienced any issues with our vehicles in Témiscaming.
Jay
Jay - About what depth did you find the lake trout during August? Also would you mind sharing techniques as well as what lures or spoons worked best for the lakers.
Thanks Chazz
Hi Chazz,
We normally see the lakers on our electronics anywhere from 80 to 110 FOW. When trolling for them, my partner and I use an assortment of spoons (e.g. Williams W70, Williams 70, Williams 90, Big Doctor 285, Little Doctor 275, Max-i-Flash Double Flutter and Sutton 71s) behind Max Dipsy Divers. When jigging lakers, we simply drop a 2 or 3 ounce jig with a paddle tail to the bottom and then vigorously jig through the lakers (lakers like to chase). Our group are primarily walleye fishermen but occasionally, we'll spend a couple of afternoon hours chasing lakers.
Jay
I've had luck jigging cleos off the bottom.
We have good luck in August trolling for walleye in the middle of Hunter lake in the evening. We also jig for trout and whitefish using a blade bait.
Thanks everyone for all your input, we will probably do a lot of bottom bouncing, then go to jigging. Most of the fishing spots at home here in PA, that is all we do. We also have been very successful on Kip using bottom bouncers with worm harnesses. That's all for now, I have to get back to making Maple Syrup. I'm sure I will have other questions later.
Jay, I like the idea of baby monitors!