Whitefish-Ling?, Whitefish

[fishermccann]

Do any of the Kawartha lakes have numbers of whitefish or ling, ( burbot), that can be caught through the ice?

[thor]

your best chance at finding some would be doing a forum search for related posts

[toner]

I don't think there is any whitefish in the Kawathas. You need to head a little more north to the Minden area, but the whites don't get to big in the lakes up there like they do in Simcoe.

[fishermccann]

How about Ling, is there any place but Simcoe close to the GTA? Only because I have no machine and have to walk out pulling my portable, unless I am going to a rental hut. Anyone have experience with rental guys, on Simcoe who are known to put folks on the overnight bite for ling? What would be better, for ling, overnight in a perch hut in shallower water, or in a whitefish-trout hut in deeper water?

This post has been edited by fishermccann on Jan 01, 2017 - 10:15 pm

[Brookie56]

If you are going to try overnight I would go with the whitefish/laker grounds. I don't know of any rental places that target ling. You always have a chance at whitey while trying for ling. For the most part ling are an incidental catch on Lake Simcoe.

I have targeted ling in the big sound up near Parry Sound overnight and did well for ling. We were fishing in a private hut.