Introductions

[T-Bone]

Welcome...lot of Ohioans on here. Where do you call home?

[Willie]

Thanks T-Bone. I live in Southington. It’s a small town west of warren. You may get a kick outa this when my first grandson was born I gave him the nickname of T-Bone. He’s all grown up now but I still call him that. I am a production manager in Akron at a plastics factory. 5 children 7 grandchildren and three great grandchildren.

[Administrator]

Welcome to the board @JBWally65  !!

FYI... Check out the rules of the board in the rules section.

Introduce yourself if you want to... tell us where you fish and your connection to Kipawa!

Enjoy.

Nancy

[Administrator]

Welcome to the board, @gordy28ca, @Raymond, @Walleyeguy!

FYI... Check out the rules of the board in the rules section.

Introduce yourself if you want to... tell us where you fish and your connection to Kipawa!

Enjoy.

Nancy

[Fort Wisers]

Welcome to the fun folks!

[Administrator]

Welcome to the board, @Smarty Pantz and @Steeline Tony!

FYI... Check out the rules of the board in the rules section.

Introduce yourself if you want to... tell us where you fish and your connection to Kipawa!

Enjoy.

Nancy

[gordy28ca]

Welcome to the board, @gordy28ca, @Raymond, @Walleyeguy!

FYI... Check out the rules of the board in the rules section.

Introduce yourself if you want to... tell us where you fish and your connection to Kipawa!

Enjoy.

Nancy

Thanks Nancy - long time lurker here.  My name is Andrew and I live in the Greater Toronto Region.  Big outdoors guy and I have been doing fishing trips for the last 15 years or so.  Our first ever trip was a toss up between Lady Evelyn Lake and Lake Ogascanan which I how I first stumbled into this (well the old version) of this forum

My newest passion is my fishing kayak and getting on the water with my daughter - hence I am looking at Kipawa and some of the surrounding lakes for 2020 or 2021
Cheers
Andrew

[SgtCrabby]

Welcome to the board @Peter Baker !!

FYI... Check out the rules of the board in the rules section.

Introduce yourself if you want to... tell us where you fish and your connection to Kipawa!

Enjoy.

[Gary S]

 New member here! 68 years old from York County PA and also have a house in Southern DE where I crab, hunt, and fish. I got out of the Navy in late 73 and made my first Quebec fishing trip in 74, from 74 to 2002 never missed a year with all of the early trips to LaVerenderie Park tent camping then a few fly ins to Gouin Reservoir and finally the last 3 of those to Kipawa. After a 17 year halt due to parents health (they are both gone but they each made it to 90) last year my brother and I plus his son in law went to Ogascanon and researching that is how I discovered this forum. I've been looking at it off and on and finally decided to join, who knows when I get back to Kipawa region but I certainly hope so. I'll post more if you want but don't want to be too long winded.

[Fort Wisers]

Welcome to the board @Jpetrik
Hope you all the posts!

Take care everyone:
Brent

[lologd]

Hey everybody,

Just got accepted as a member. My name is Laurent. I am from Montreal. My brothers and father started doing a yearly fishing trip a few years ago, that ended up with us going to the Gouin reservoir a few times. I'm usually the one that organises the trip based on what I want to try and what the others are trying to do. So 2019 we went to the Gouin for the second time and the outfitter's road was so bad we had to walk the last few KMs. The fishing was good and we had a good time. However, for 2020, my dad asked me to find a place that would be easy to get to, not where we have to do 300kms of gravel road and walk a few KMs to get there and he wanted a place with electricity for his sleep apnea machine as he was getting grumpier and grumpier as the trip went on lol. My younger brother, who is still in school, asked to pay his way this year (we usually split the trip 3 ways instead of 4 because of my brother being a student), so I had to find a budget friendly option. I landed on chalet Diane's website, read a few forum posts and watched a few youtube videos and booked a trip for 2020. Fortunately, we were able to go in spite of the COVID situation . We had a great trip. The fishing was pretty good, no gravel road exceot Chalet Diane's driveway. Ville-Marie and Temiscaming are about a 30 minute drive away. The cabins were very clean and comfy with TV, WIFI, cell signal and electricity. We had a cold front shut down a few days of fishing and some gorgeous days with no wind or clouds (which aren't the best for walleye fishing) but we still managed to catch a lot of bass, a good lot of walleyes, some lakers and a couple pikes.

So we decided to go back this year. When I told my brother the info for this year's trip, he said Kipawa was a great place but fishing was a little hard. I said: dude you caught a 9 pound laker what the f... are you complaining about the fishing for!

I stumbled on your forum and decided to join to discuss the fishing in the area and whatnot. I am a member in the pecheqc one as well. My first language is french so please don't mind if you see some errors.

[Oarin]

Welcome to the forum,Laurent! You'll find a lot of useful info on this site about Kipawa. I stay at Taggart Bay Lodge, not to far from where you were. There are many excellent lodges to choose from.

[plowjock]

Well, been accepted on Board for about a week now. Feel like I better get a little more involved and introduce myself. I have always since the start of computerism gone by Plowjock. When I retired in 1996, I had been working at the Central Experimental Farm in Ottawa for 22 years. I was the Herdsman in the National Dairy Showcase. Over my time in the Barn, never had much opportunity to get into fishing. My in-laws had a cottage on Gananoque Lake. This was a great Bass and Crappie lake, but I only ever caught 1 decent fish out of it, a 5lber LMB.
Just before retirement, got back into fishing, mainly Large Mouth Bass and crappies. Since this time have gone through 4 boats, starting with a 16 'Voyager Discovery SC with a 30hp Johnson. Next up was a Crestliner 1650 FishHawk SC with a 90 hp Evinrude. Sold that to a lad up in Rouyon Noranda QC.Got myself into a Bass Cat Puma with a 250 HO Rude on it. Played around in tournaments for about 10 years. Finally got too soon old too late smart, got out of tournament fishing, sold the Puma and bought my last boat a Lund 1625 Fury XL SS pretty well fully tricked out. Bimini top, Ulterra trolling motor, and a couple HB 9in Graphs. I try to get out a couple times a week chasing Small Mouth Bass now but interested in fishing Lakers and Walleyes. Been to Cuba twice and have a 10 lb LMB from there as well as another one from Florida. I've got 2 good ol fishing buddies, one of whom invited me up to Kipawa Lake this summer. We'll be up in early to mid July at the North end of lake, SmithBay Outfitters. Hopefully our paths will cross somewhere along the waterlines. When not plowjock I go by Brian Harrington from Ottawa. I will hit the 3/4 of a Century Mark this summer. Plowjock came from being involved in Agriculture and still playing hockey for over 50 years. It's sure as heck been a  great ride through life so far. Only issues Type 2 diabetic for 20 years, under control and a Heart attack just 3 years past with a stent slipped in place. Roaring and good to go for another hopefully 20 years. I've been married for over 50 years, 3 grown up children and 2 Grandsons in their late teens.

[Ozzy30]

Welcome plowjock, I am located between Renfrew and Cobden.  I stay at Alwaki lodge every year.
Chris

[Greg]

Welcome @plowjock ... I (like ozzy) also stay at alwaki every year.  I have 2 trips planned to Kipawa this year (1 in late June and 1 in late July) and am thinking of doing a 3rd in September.

I visited Smiths Bay outfitters camp a couple years ago on a "touring day" - what a beautiful place and location - the owner lets us come on shore and he showed us one of the cabins... it was HUGE and roomy and looked like a great place to stay.

I live in Ottawa (east end actually in Orleans) and every weekend I usually fish the Ottawa river between Orleans and Hawkesbury. 

I've done a few tournaments also, nothing like a full series though.  Also a type 2 diabetic.  Still working (at least another 12 years I think) but intend to do more and more fishing every year (...its nice to have goals).

Cheers!