Planning a summer day on the water with the kids? Don’t stress about moody game fish. The Kawartha Lakes hold an endless supply of highly cooperative bluegills, perch, and pumpkinseeds. Here are the best shore and boat spots to keep kids hooked all afternoon.
Looking to target aggressive, hard-fighting Smallmouth Bass? Head north to the rugged rock transitions of Stony, Katchewanooka, and Burleigh Falls. Learn how to locate deep rocky shoals and fish them perfectly using Ned rigs and drop shots.
Want to escape the crowds, the blistering heat, and the jet skis entirely? The real monster walleyes of the Kawartha Lakes come out to play after midnight. Unlock the highly productive world of night trolling shallow rock bars and shoals with minnow plugs.
When the July sun beats down, big largemouth bass bury themselves deep inside the thickest, nastiest vegetation they can find. If you aren’t fishing the “slop,” you are missing the biggest fish in the lake. Learn the heavy-tackle punching and flipping rigs needed to extract hidden summer giants.
July means muskie water temperatures are peaking, and the apex predators of the Trent-Severn system are on active summer hunts. From burning massive bucktails over weed tops to casting gliders at dusk, here is how to safely locate, hook, and handle a legendary Kawartha monster this week.
High-speed boat traffic, jet skis, and blistering mid-day heat can shut down a shallow bass bite fast. The solution? Change your clock. Discover the adrenaline-pumping world of sunrise and sunset topwater bass fishing in the Kawarthas, featuring the best weedless frogs and walking baits for Pigeon and Chemong Lakes.
Think the Kawartha walleye bite completely dies when July heat sets in? Think again. While the shallow spring bite is long gone, the biggest walleyes in the system have just shifted to deep weed edges and hidden humps. Learn the exact trolling and jigging tactics needed to keep pinning summer eyes all month long.
When summer fishing pressure turns the walleye bite off, traditional jigs stop working. Learn why the drop shot is the ultimate secret finesse weapon for stubborn summer walleye.
Finding crappie in the spring is easy, but tracking them down during the summer heat takes a different strategy. Here is how to find deep schooling Pigeon Lake slabs.
You don’t need premium, expensive lures to smash summer panfish. We compare classic brand-name inline spinners against ultra-affordable marketplace alternatives.