PAUL CARSON ON CHAPLEAU, ONTARIO, AS 'ULTIMATE FISHING TOWN'

I use to do a lot of fishing as a kid when living in Chapleau...I would go to the back river (Nebskwashi River) and fish off the dock at Sawyer's or the Burnt Bridge.... would always catch a few pickerel, and pike.... enjoyed the smell of the burnt wood from the bridge. 

Fond memories of fishing with my dad and brother.  He would take us fishing up to Goldie Lake taking the train up to the lake. 


Fish off the big rock that housed a small trapper's shack and introduced to  magazines that my brother and I were not supposedto look at but we did....fishing until the sun set to the west and the only light came from the bright stars and crisp moon.... silence in the air until a fish would jump and break the silence.... 


HERE IS A VIDEO PAUL MADE OF MULLIGAN's BAY



In the morning we  would venture up the lake to a larger camp and fill our stringer with walleye and lake trout, never go hungry because we always caught plenty of fish.... lunch would be a shore line lunch over a camp fire.... and dinner would be even more fish.... trout on the fire with lemon wedges and spices, how the meat would flake off because it was cooked perfectly.... the smallest things about fishing with my dad and brother as kids I remember fondly.

As an adult, my friend's dad won a million dollars in the lottery, not once but twice. He would invite the guys out fishing.... he supplied the food, the booze the accommodations, and all we had to do was catch the fish. Lots of fish..... the group would catch over a 100 pickerel a day.. we would fillet the fish, and he would prepare the pickerel different ways... fish cakes, deep fried, baked, amazing cook.... amazing how fishing brought so many together.... not disappointed because we always got our limits, sharing good times with good friends, I miss it a
lot living in Southern Ontario... fishing out of stocked ponds and polluted waters.... not the same as fishing in Chapleau Ontario.

Seeing hundreds of American Licence plates travelling several hours to northern Ontario to experience the ultimate fishing in Chapleau Ontario, hearing the buzz of the float planes flying overhead...of fishermen flying out to the experience the ultimate fishing that Chapleau, Ontario has to offer and the countless boats you see either racing up the river to go to the honey holes of fish or a slow troll on the river to find their fish, seeing them along the docks, and shorelines the fishermen trying to catch dinner...or to just catch and release, 


IN the winter time seeing a blanket of white ice and snow and the brave fishermen out braving the cold trying to catch fish.... going to peoples homes and seeing their trophy fishes mounted on the walls of their homes as well in the camps that dot the many lakes in around Chapleau,Ontario. Chapleau is indeed the Ultimate Fishing Town.....and the above is just scratching the surface on how amazing Chapleau is for fishing.


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