I finally located the information I was looking for. Sometimes it helps to just uproot everything in the filing system. A few years ago, I picked up a chart that is about 10 pages that shows the species in the Quetico lakes. It is quite detailed. Careful study confirms a couple of observations I have made over years of Quetico fishing regarding lake trout and whitefish. Whitefish are in more Quetico lakes than most people realize. They are quite common in fact, present in over half of the lakes. Whitefish tend to stay deep, preferring the rocky bottoms. Herring tend to rise and fall in the water column. In lakes where there is either or both herring and whitefish, the trout grow much bigger than in lakes that have neither. Thus, the answer to the question about where to find hawg lakers depends on the forage base. Whitefish can grow to 2-3 lbs, or even bigger in some of these waters.

I do not know where to find this information online. I got it from the Park office in Atikokan a few years ago. You might be able to sweet talk them into a copy. Alternately, I am willing to make a few copies to bring to Copia. If you want one, let me know ahead so I can make you one. I find the info very helpful in planning which lakes to visit and fish.

The title is: Quetico Provincial Park Background Information- Fisheries Stewardship Plan Appendix 2. If anyone can find a link and post it, I'm sure it would help many of us, especially the techno misfits...of which I am one. :-?