I had garnered some good advice by picking some old threads apart here and asking new questions, and now I'll report back.

We (two guys) entered at 14 LIS North on May 19th and came out the same EP on May 22nd. We did a 40-mile loop, camping on a different lake each of the three nights. On the way in, we went Northeast after Loon, entered Lac la Croix through Takucmich, slowly worked west, then south through LLC, and took the Beatty portage back to Loon on the last day on our way out.

Fishing was great, but not mind-blowing. The coolest thing was the variety we found. Caught: lake trout (six, largest 29", the rest 17 - 20"), brook trout (just one, 20" long!), walleye (only five or six, biggest 22"), pike (dozens, biggest 32"), SM bass (about a dozen, biggest 18.5"), crappie (eighteen, biggest 14"), perch (handful, biggest 11").

walleyes were tougher to find than expected, but we didn't focus on them much. Located them in river pools, but had trouble finding any on LLC. Perch and tiny pike were in the river pools thick. SM bass were everywhere you'd expect them to be in late May. Pike were caught by incident looking for other fish, but notably the two biggest ones were caught in 50 and 90 feet of water while searching for big lakers. Finding the crappies was a huge bonus, but we did search pretty good for them.

Since we traveled every day, we couldn't really dig in to any one lake or area. That was fine with us, part of the plan, but I slightly regret not being able to spend more time on Lac la Croix after kind of figuring out the lake trout situation. We only landed one out there but lost 3 that were potentially really big lakers.

That's my brief fishing report for anyone interested in that area. We had a blast and could probably have even more fun if we ever go back.

Here are a few highlight photos:

That's a nice variety of fish!

How many groups did you see on LLC? Always had wondered how crowded that area is between Takucmich and Snow Bay.

-YB

sounds like a good time - very nice variety of fish.

quote Yellowbird: "That's a nice variety of fish!


How many groups did you see on LLC? Always had wondered how crowded that area is between Takucmich and Snow Bay.


-YB"

We didn't see another canoe all the way from Loon up through Tak and LLC, until we hit Snow Bay. And there, we only saw one canoe passing through in the 16 hours we stayed. Several boats passed by on the Ontario side, though, and once we were down south of Sandbar Island there were a couple boats on each side. But it was pretty cool to go two days, covering many miles, without seeing a soul.

quote jaultman: "

quote Yellowbird: "That's a nice variety of fish!



How many groups did you see on LLC? Always had wondered how crowded that area is between Takucmich and Snow Bay.



-YB"

We didn't see another canoe all the way from Loon up through Tak and LLC, until we hit Snow Bay. And there, we only saw one canoe passing through in the 16 hours we stayed. Several boats passed by on the Ontario side, though, and once we were down south of Sandbar Island there were a couple boats on each side. But it was pretty cool to go two days, covering many miles, without seeing a soul."

Would you mind elaborating on your experience in LLC, specifically for lakers? You said you started to figure them out so was hoping for any tips. I will be heading to the Fish Stake Narrows area in July.

sounds and looks like 3 days was not enough time for this fishing trip!

Stunning speck!

I love variety, so I think you did great. I'm shooting for 12 species this coming June, but I'll have three weeks to do it. I even want a grand slam of trout and will be hoping for four of these five: lakers, specks, rainbows, splake, and aurora.

Awesome variety!