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01/08/2016 02:01PM (Thread Older Than 3 Years)
The west side of Conk Lake has been mentioned in a few posts
about the possibility of finding some solitude right off the
beaten path. Was curious if anyone had any information on
the fishing and camping opportunity's back there?
about the possibility of finding some solitude right off the
beaten path. Was curious if anyone had any information on
the fishing and camping opportunity's back there?
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01/10/2016 08:40AM
We only fished Conk for a morning a number of years ago as we passed through. It was a fertile lake for the area as I recall, and the fishing was great during our short stay. As MP mentioned, while we grabbed breakfast at a campsite, one member of our group caught a nice smallmouth right off shore. Here's a link to the trip report.
"Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing it is not fish they are after"
~ Henry David Thoreau
01/11/2016 12:06PM
The posts you refer to about the west side of Conk may have been from me.
I was only there once, some 15 years ago or so (been through the east side a bunch of times). The middle of Conk is a marsh, but navigable via a winding channel through it.
It was probably mostly just happenstance, but our brief trip into that west half of Conk made it feel like a lost world. As we emerged from the marsh, you could see some pretty big fish swimming out of our path into the bigger part of the lake. There was a huge raptor of some kind (not a bald eagle, so I'm not sure what else it could be) on some rocks nearby just sitting there, and some baby birds on the water near it. We landed on a small island on there for a bio break, and there was moose and bear scat all over it.
West half of Conk has marshy edges on the east and north, deeper and rockier parts on the south shore in places, and looked deep (but I didn't take a sounding or anything). I don't think people go in there often as it doesn't lead to anywhere really, and I don't think there any commonly used routes through it. My guess, and it's only that, is that the fishing is probably quite good.
We didn't see any campsites. And the maps I have don't show any. That little island didn't have one, and the north shore wouldn't work. If there is one, it has to be along the south shoreline somewhere.
It was a beautiful lake, I remember telling myself I wanted to go back and explore it further and fish in it sometime. If there is a usable campsite, it could be a nice destination lake, as you're close to getting to Quetico or Jean and their connections quite easily, both of which have lots of good fishing. And, usually, you can avoid the Jean-Conk portage going northbound if you use the creek.
I was only there once, some 15 years ago or so (been through the east side a bunch of times). The middle of Conk is a marsh, but navigable via a winding channel through it.
It was probably mostly just happenstance, but our brief trip into that west half of Conk made it feel like a lost world. As we emerged from the marsh, you could see some pretty big fish swimming out of our path into the bigger part of the lake. There was a huge raptor of some kind (not a bald eagle, so I'm not sure what else it could be) on some rocks nearby just sitting there, and some baby birds on the water near it. We landed on a small island on there for a bio break, and there was moose and bear scat all over it.
West half of Conk has marshy edges on the east and north, deeper and rockier parts on the south shore in places, and looked deep (but I didn't take a sounding or anything). I don't think people go in there often as it doesn't lead to anywhere really, and I don't think there any commonly used routes through it. My guess, and it's only that, is that the fishing is probably quite good.
We didn't see any campsites. And the maps I have don't show any. That little island didn't have one, and the north shore wouldn't work. If there is one, it has to be along the south shoreline somewhere.
It was a beautiful lake, I remember telling myself I wanted to go back and explore it further and fish in it sometime. If there is a usable campsite, it could be a nice destination lake, as you're close to getting to Quetico or Jean and their connections quite easily, both of which have lots of good fishing. And, usually, you can avoid the Jean-Conk portage going northbound if you use the creek.
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01/11/2016 01:58PM
quote arctic: "Conk has very clear water. I believe there is one campsite on the lake--near the east end. The lake gets a bit of traffic from folks entering/leaving Argo."
You must mean. CONE
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01/12/2016 08:44AM
quote mooseplums: "quote arctic: "Conk has very clear water. I believe there is one campsite on the lake--near the east end. The lake gets a bit of traffic from folks entering/leaving Argo."
You must mean. CONE"
You are right, my bad!!
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