Photo courtesy Camp Quetico
The greedy gobbler who may find its way on to an angler’s line in pursuit of a juicy minnow, is usually over the age of three years.
The walleye’s ability to consume vast quantities of food is a life long practice, as the fish needs to maintain its size and continues growing throughout its lifetime.
The Walleye eats actively throughout the summer months. In clear waters, they feed from top to bottom only between sunset and sunrise because their eyes are very sensitive to light and they shy away from daylight.
However, Walleye are more often found in darker, murkier waters where they actively feed along the lake bottom during the day. Their main competitors for food supply are yellow perch, sauger and smallmouth bass.
While the Walleye may be fearsome foe in the underwater world, it too has predators. The most dominant of these is the Northern Pike which devours Walleye, especially the young fry.
Photo courtesy Canoe Canada
A predator of the murky depths, the Walleye has extremely keen hearing capabilities, sharp vision, and a great sense of smell. All these attributes enable the walleye to detect its hapless prey, the minnow, up to 20 feet away. It can tell if the minnow is sick, crippled or healthy.
A member of the Perch family, its growth period is rapid as it forages voraciously for food in its early years. In younger stages they eat mostly insects and by adulthood, graduating to yellow perch and cyprinids, which comprise their favourite food.
As adults, they also eat mayflies and larval, crayfish, snails, frogs, and mudpuppies when minnows and small fish are scarce. Walleye even occasionally eat small mammals, but primarily they favour minnows
about 6 to 10 inches in length.
Ogoki Frontier Inc.
Contact: Paul Boucher
Armstrong Ontario
GPS Co-ordinates - 50°14′34.78″N — 89° 6′34.14″W
The Ogoki Frontier is a family owned business established in the spring of 1992. Judy and Paul Boucher are your hosts and are Canadian citizens.
David Boucher is in charge of customer service and looks forward to making your vacation worry and hassle free. The business office is in Thunder Bay, Ontario and is your primary office from mid-October to mid-May.
The Ogoki Frontier base operations are located just 4 miles south of the town of Armstrong immediately off Hwy 527 on Mattice Lake. The entrance is clearly signed.
Boat & Motor Rentals, Shuttle Services, Partial Outfitting,
Fishing License, Fly In Service, Cabins
Outpost Cabin, Solar & Batteries
Walleye, Northern Pike, Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout
Moose, White Tail Deer, Bear
Esnagami Wilderness Lodge
GPS Co-ordinates:
N 50* 18.295′ by W 087*00.293′
Summer Hours
6:30 A:M to 10:00 P:M
Winter Hours
8:00 A:M to 10:00 P:M
Imagine 120 miles of shoreline, over 200 islands and 18,000 acres of clear, cool water and only one lodge on a pristine lake.
Trophy northern pike, big walleyes and plenty of them
is what your trip to Esnagami Lodge will be all about.
Interested in fishing for speckled trout? Try one of our day white water river trips which enables you to experience an unforgettable day of speckled trout and walleye fishing.
Add in excellent accommodations and equipment plus top notch service to achieve a great fishing vacation at one of Ontario’s Premier Fly-In Lodge destinations. Your choice of American Plan or Housekeeping.