Ontario Trout Fishing

Trout Fishing Techniques
The 5 Best Places to Fish for Brook Trout in Ontario

The 5 Best Places to Fish for Brook Trout in Ontario

The Top 5 Brook Trout Havens in Ontario 1. Algonquin Provincial Park Nestled within Ontario's vast wilderness, Algonquin Provincial Park is a brook trout angler's paradise. This sprawling natural wonder is dotted with over 1,500 lakes and countless streams, many...

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Roadside Brook Trout

Roadside Brook Trout

This page highlights lesser-known, easily accessible brook trout fishing spots in Ontario, ideal for those seeking convenient locations close to main roads. Whether you’re an experienced angler or a beginner, these roadside creeks offer a unique and rewarding fishing experience, especially for brook trout enthusiasts looking to explore without venturing too far from civilization. Explore the details and tips provided to make the most of your fishing adventure.

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Spring Steelhead Primer

Spring Steelhead Primer

Spring Steelhead Primer   As winter makes way for spring, the world, once again, starts to flourish. The ice melts away, the birds return, and the creeks and rivers become alive with silvery-sheened steelhead! Spring signals the spawning urge in these very...

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Discover the Joy of Small-Stream Trout

Discover the Joy of Small-Stream Trout

Discover the Joy of Small-Stream Trout   Imagine yourself exploring a small tranquil stream - lost in your own world yet in the thick of trout country. Cascading waterfalls, riverbank critters and satisfying solitude are yours to enjoy and explore for the length...

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Spring Rainbow Trout on Trolled Streamers

Spring Rainbow Trout on Trolled Streamers

Spring Rainbow Trout on Trolled Streamers   Mid to late April is when ice often leaves Ontario lakes, unveiling open water trout fishing. I particularly enjoy targeting rainbow on small lakes at this time of year. Fishing tactics in the spring include casting or...

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Late Season Steelhead Trout

Late Season Steelhead Trout

Late Season Steelhead Trout   The late fall is often looked upon as the slowest time for fishing as it is kind of a transition period. The warm water species have shut down until springtime and the ice-fishing season hasn't quite started yet. Even though it is...

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Temperature, Tackle and Techniques

Temperature, Tackle and Techniques

Temperature, Tackle and Techniques   Early Season Longlining For Trout From The Gardiner Expressway To God's Country Your boat works around a small, rocky knob along the shoreline, and the warm, offshore breeze immediately dries up. With no more chop music on the...

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Floating for Spring Steelhead Trout

Floating for Spring Steelhead Trout

Floating for Spring Steelhead Trout   Of the various methods employed to catch migratory rainbow trout, or steelhead, in the tributary rivers, creeks and streams that flow into the Great Lakes, float fishing is likely the most popular. Float fishing allows the...

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Trout Fishing Tips and Tricks

 

Discover the Joy of Small-Stream Trout
Imagine yourself exploring a small tranquil stream – lost in your own world yet in the thick of trout country.

Floating for Spring Steelhead Trout
Of the various methods employed to catch migratory rainbow trout, or steelhead, in the tributary rivers, creeks and streams that flow into the Great Lakes, float fishing is likely the most popular.

Lake Trout Fishing
With lake trout season almost upon us, it’s time to explore some tactics for catching them.

Late Season Steelhead Trout
The late fall is often looked upon as the slowest time for fishing as it is kind of a transition period.

Ontario Aurora Trout Fishing
Imagine the feeling of hooking a rare specie of fish that is so uncommon that most anglers will fish a lifetime without nary a glimpse of this mystical enigma.

Ontario Brook (Speckled) Trout Fishing
Ontario brook (speckled) trout live in small streams, big rivers, ponds, inland lakes, Lake Superior, and Hudson and James bays, from which they make late-summer/fall spawning runs up tributaries.

Ontario Brown Trout Fishing
The most distinguishing characteristics of the brown trout include large black and sometimes reddish-orange spots with a pale border on the sides of the fish.

Ontario Lake Trout Fishing
Spring (Start of Season) – For those bodies of water that hold lake trout, the spring time is the one chance you have to hook up with fish without using downriggers or sophisticated equipment.

Ontario Rainbow Trout Fishing
Spring (Start of Season) – Rivers, streams and creeks run wild with rainbows during the spring as they make their yearly spawning migration.

Roadside Brook Trout
As we drove along the dirt road through the heart of southwestern Ontario’s farm country, my questions for my friend Jody about our destination must have seemed endless.

Spring Rainbow Trout on Trolled Streamers
Mid to late April is when ice often leaves Ontario lakes, unveiling open water trout fishing.

Spring Steelhead Primer
As winter makes way for spring, the world, once again, starts to flourish.

Temperature, Tackle and Techniques
Early Season Longlining For Trout From The Gardiner Expressway To God’s Country