You could not be more perfectly situated for an awesome Ontario Musky fishing adventure than vacationing at Merkel's Camp. We are centrally located on the Wabigoon/Dinorwic chain of lakes with close and easy access to the best fishing imaginable! Wabigoon Lake and Dinorwic Lake are the top fishing lakes in Ontario for the combination of size and numbers. Wabigoon and Dinorwic's shallow and nutrient waters produce massive size Muskie, Giant Northern Pike, big fat Walleyes, feisty hard-fighting Smallmouth Bass as well as hoards of Perch and Crappie.
| Wabigoon Lake and Dinorwic Lake are also easy lakes to fish because you don't have to worry about fish taking off into super-deep water when the weather changes. Guests of every age and ability find fantastic success on Wabigoon, and its 9 chain lakes! There are drive-to lakes in the area with outstanding Lake Trout fishing. We also offer an outpost camp on Little Basket Lake. There is no access to Little Basket Lake from Wabigoon Lake. Our Drive-to Outpost cabin on Little Basket Lake is one hour from our main camp on Wabigoon Lake and is the only cabin on the Lake. Little Basket Lake has amazing Walleye and Northern Pike fishing as well as Lake Trout. Little Basket Lake is a hidden bay of the main Basket Lake. |
Muskie are common between 38 and 48 inches and guests who target Muskie generally catch lots of them throughout the week. How many Muskie you catch in a day is impossible to answer. Muskie are very sensitive in changes to the weather. Whether it's 80 degrees and sunny or cool, windy and raining, the Muskie will be hitting but only as long as the weather stays consistent over a couple of days. Changes in the weather can actually make them stop feeding for a day or two. In Wabigoon and Dinorwic there are so many Muskie that it's the weather that dictates your luck, not the lure you use or abundance of fish. On a good day guests have caught as many as 13 Muskie, with the larger at 54"! Not to bad for a day of fishing!
Even though sub-trophy size Muskie are a ton of fun to catch and fight harder than any other fish, most guests who are targeting Muskie want the 50+ inch monsters and we have plenty of them. Just about every week someone catches a Muskie in the 50-inch range. Throughout the summer there will be a few guests that will get monsters up to 55 inches long. Muskie in the 50 to 55-inch range are rare and we don't want you to think you are going to catch one but your chances are better on Wabigoon and Dinorwic than most of the other top Muskie lakes.