Anyone ever fished Elizabeth? I'm considering basecamping there or in Jesse, and so far I like the look of Jesse a little more. But that camp site on Elizabeth looks better than anything on Jesse.

That sounds about right, ST.  Elizabeth was always pretty much a "pass-through" lake for me.  I seriously doubt its Eastern half sees much traffic at all.  I seem to recall reports from years ago regarding passage to Halliday & through to Sturgeon that suggest that almost no one ever goes that way ( I'd certainly want to check in with park portage-clearing crews before I would ever attempt it).  Anyway, there ought to be little through traffic, so I'm guessing you're right about the solitude factor.  Regarding fishing, I would merely observe that you hear much more about Jesse.  Furtman's guide says it is a northern pike & walleye lake.  That's no surprise.  If you want lake trout & smallmouth, just drop down to Walter.

Jimbo   

   Coming from Batch/Nym, if you get a early start AND the winds are not bad on Batch you could make it to Elizabeth on the first day, maybe late but doable.

Jimbo mentioned fishing on Walter Lk. Easy portage from Elizabeth to Walter. Would make a good day trip.
Walter is a nice lake but few campsites.

As long as things go smoothly, we generally hit the water by 7am. We made it from Stanton to Buckingham just a little after 12 last year, but I'm not getting any younger.

Walter looks like a sweet day trip to me! Im going to be experimenting with a tackle box full of tube baits this year. I'm thinking I can hit all the water columns with just tubes and inserting different weights. I fish tubes almost exclusively in Oklahoma.

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ST - which campsite is that?  We rolled through Walter last year and did not find any campsite that wasn't poor to very poor.  Did I miss that one?

pd

Well, we looked at all the sites on that island - there are 4 - and I do not recall any of them looking that nice.  When was that pic taken?  We checked another site on the north shore, then ended up bailing on the Walter option and made our way up to Jesse for a night, then stayed 3 nights on Batchewaung before heading out.

I've been thru Elizabeth several times but mostly as a pass thru & so haven't bothered fishing it.  One exception: Did Walter -> Elizabeth -> Halliday -> Sturgeon once.  Going the long way down Elizabeth with wind at our backs we trolled.  I lost one of the biggest fish I think I've ever had on between the north and south shore campsite pair toward the eastern end. Go catch it! That was 1992 so it'll be bigger now!