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Quetico Fish Species Lake Guide
Mar 15th, 2018 at 2:38pm
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Attached is a fish species chart for Quetico that has been updated as of January 2018. 

This comes from and was compiled by Quetico Park Biologist, Brian Jackson.  Brian asked me to pass along his email in case people have any questions or if they have knowledge of fish species in lakes that they don’t have listed or haven’t confirmed yet.

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Reply #1 - Mar 15th, 2018 at 2:52pm
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I would like to thank Old Salt for sharing an older version of this document with me at Canoecopia, which spurred me to email to the park office for a clean copy of the document.  I was pleasantly surprised when I received the updated version. 
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Reply #2 - Mar 15th, 2018 at 3:45pm
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Thanks for posting this.
I compared this list to the one in the NEW BW & Q Fishing Guide by Michael Furtman I reviewed in the book forum.

This is more detailed and includes the GPS coordinates. It lists by my count 234 Q-Lakes while the  Furtman guide lists 187.

  In fairness to the difference, I'm sure some of those lakes are so remote most people wouldn't even attempt to get to them.

The Furtman guide has BWCA lakes as well so that's a plus.

You can NEVER have too much info, so if you're a serious fisherman or just curious, having both of them wouldn't be all bad.
  
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Reply #3 - Mar 15th, 2018 at 3:47pm
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Hey db, can you please pin this to the top? Thanks! Cool
  
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Reply #4 - Mar 15th, 2018 at 4:50pm
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Comparing Old Salt's older survey (2012-ish?) with this one, one difference is there are fewer species listed. The older document had Sturgeon, White Sucker and Cisco on the list as well.
  
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Reply #5 - Mar 15th, 2018 at 4:58pm
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arnesr wrote on Mar 15th, 2018 at 2:38pm:
Attached is a fish species chart for Quetico that has been updated as of January 2018. 

This comes from and was compiled by Quetico Park Biologist, Brian Jackson.  Brian asked me to pass along his email in case people have any questions or if they have knowledge of fish species in lakes that they don’t have listed or haven’t confirmed yet.

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arnes -

Thanks for posting this!

Hmmm... at least one surprise in the document.  It claims there are lake trout in Kawnipi Lake.  Um, I suppose if someone drug one down the Cache River on a stringer from Cache Lake - and if it got loose somehow - and THEN that single fish miraculously got found by the researcher, well, it might account for such a finding.  As for me, I have yet to meet anyone who has caught a lake trout there.

Jimbo   Cool
  
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Reply #6 - Mar 15th, 2018 at 5:18pm
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Jimbo wrote on Mar 15th, 2018 at 4:58pm:
arnesr wrote on Mar 15th, 2018 at 2:38pm:
Attached is a fish species chart for Quetico that has been updated as of January 2018. 

This comes from and was compiled by Quetico Park Biologist, Brian Jackson.  Brian asked me to pass along his email in case people have any questions or if they have knowledge of fish species in lakes that they don’t have listed or haven’t confirmed yet.

(brian.w.jackson_AT_ontario.ca)


arnes -

Thanks for posting this!

Hmmm... at least one surprise in the document.  It claims there are lake trout in Kawnipi Lake.  Um, I suppose if someone drug one down the Cache River on a stringer from Cache Lake - and if it got loose somehow - and THEN that single fish miraculously got found by the researcher, well, it might account for such a finding.  As for me, I have yet to meet anyone who has caught a lake trout there.

Jimbo   Cool


Furtmans Guide has LT in Kawnipi Lk as well.  Huh
Maybe they got flushed downstream thru the Falls Chain.

How many people knew that Burntside Lk has LT in it? I know that for a FACT. Still, I doubt there is more than a handful?

I think any lake that has decent size feeder stream year round could during high-water times get a few escapees from more diverse stocked lakes.
  
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Reply #7 - Mar 15th, 2018 at 5:32pm
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Quetico Fishes lists LT there as well (Fish Survey 1697-1973).
  
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Reply #8 - Mar 15th, 2018 at 8:47pm
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Anybody know of anyone who has actually caught one on Kawnipi?

Actually, I do agree with ST.  Feeder streams DO come from lakes that certainly contain lake trout.  There should be some in there. I just don’t know anyone who has ever caught one, that’s all.

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Reply #9 - Mar 15th, 2018 at 8:56pm
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After having caught every fish in Kawnipi, I can categorically state that none of them were lake trout. The habitat in Kawnipi is not conducive to their long term survival and reproduction.

While Kawnipi continues to enjoy a healthy reputation as a fishery, it is no longer worth the trouble or time to go there. Best advice is to avoid it and go somewhere else. Wink
  
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