Area Waters | Atikokan, Ontario Fishing

This area is home to so many lakes that you could fish a different lake each day for a month and still only scratch the surface. The main bodies of water that draw people here are Marmion Lake, the Seine River Chain of Lakes and the Quetico Provincial Park. Marmion Lake is known for its unbelievable smallmouth bass fishing. The lake has huge numbers of bass with tons of big bass in the 3 to 5 pound range. The Seine River Chain of Lakes provide awesome fishing for smallmouth bass, walleye, pike and perch. Quetico Provincial Park provides some of the best backcountry fishing opportunities for the canoe enthusiasts.

Marmion Lake

Marmion Lake is a good-sized lake and it is known for its awesome smallmouth bass fishing. There are good numbers of bass on this lake to go along with some very big fish too. It is one of the top lakes to fish for smallmouth bass in the area and if you like fishing lakes with a lot of water to fish, you have plenty of good smallmouth bass spots here. If you take a look at this lake on the map, you will see all the awesome spots you can fish with so many bays, points and islands to fish here.

Quetico Provincial Park

Quetico Provincial Park is a large wilderness park in Northwestern Ontario, Canada and the Atikokan is located very close to the entrance of this park. The park is a world famous destination for backcountry canoeing with over 2,000 lakes. The park gives people a chance to fish, hike and explore areas in a more remote setting. The park is huge, so you aren’t going to fish the entire thing from Atikokan, but there are plenty of awesome lakes to fish here within a short drive from many of the resorts in the area.

It is a very popular canoe area and is also one of the best places to fish for smallmouth bass. On many of the lakes, smallmouth bass will be the primary fish, but with so many lakes here, northern pike, walleye, lake trout and perch round out the fishery.

Official Quetico Park Website

Seine River System

The Seine River system gives you the best of both worlds; good river fishing and lake fishing too. There is always somewhere to go to get out of the wind and still catch some fish on this river system. The fishing is very good for many different types of fish. It is one of the better smallmouth bass destinations in this area and also has some very good walleye fishing too. Mix in the northern pike, perch and crappie and you have a lot of options for catching fish here.

Other Area Lakes

This area is home to so much awesome fishing. Here are some of the other lakes that you may want to fish on a trip here.

Baril Lake

Smallmouth Bass, Northern Pike and Lake Trout

Bass Lake

Smallmouth Bass, Northern Pike

Bedivere Lake

Walleye, Northern Pike

Boyce Lake

Smallmouth Bass, Northern Pike

Companion Lakes

Walleye, Northern Pike and Smallmouth Bass

Crooked Pine Lake

Smallmouth Bass, Northern Pike

Crystal Lake

Crystal Lake is a very deep, clear lake with some excellent fishing for lake trout, smallmouth bass and northern pike. You can catch good numbers of smallmouth bass and lake trout here.

Elbow Lake

Walleye, Northern Pike, Lake Trout, Smallmouth Bass

Eva Lake

Smallmouth Bass, Northern Pike, Lake Trout

Eye Lake

Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass & Walleye

Finlayson Lake

Finlayson Lake is a long, narrower lake with so many great spots to fish. There are many islands, bays, rocky shorelines, points and main lake structure to fish. There is a campground on the lake. Anglers fish for smallmouth bass, northern pike, walleye and lake trout here. Many people will stay here and use this as their base camp while they fish many other lakes in the area.