Lake Scugog

This weekend is the last weekend in June, which means that it is bass opener!  Yay!  This is like Easter and Christmas combined!  It is like Baby Jesus is climbing down chimneys all around the world and leaving chocolate eggs for all of the goo d little boys, except more awesome because it is fishing.

So, with the enormity of the approaching weekend, I was stuck with deciding where to go to hunt little green fish legally for the first time this year.  There were the obvious spots that we go to frequently like Rice Lake and West Lake, but I wanted to explore Lakes unfamiliar to my friends and I, yet close enough for a day trip.

To the internet I went, and then it hit me like the tail of a freshly caught fish - Lake Scugog!  This lake is close, but is renowned for its bass, walleye and musky fishing, all of which happen to be part of the Grand Slam challenge.  Not only are all of these fish present in this lake, they are all present in the sizes that would make them qualifiers.

Here is a pic from http://www.kawarthaanglers.com/:

Here is some info from Wikipedia:

Lake Scugog is a lake in Scugog Township near the town of Port Perry, Ontario. The lake has an area of 514 km² with an average depth of 1.3 m. The lake is fed by the Nonquon and Layton Rivers and drained by the Scugog River. The depth of the lake has become more shallow over the past century as development around the lake has removed most of its forest cover, allowing it to fill with silt.
The lake was formed when William Purdy dammed the Scugog River at Lindsay, Ontario in 1834 to power his grist mill. The new lake was originally very unpopular with the local residents; its formation also destroyed the wild rice stands and cranberries harvested by the native Mississaugas. Today, the lake is used for fishing and recreational boating. The lake is surrounded by swamps and marshes which provide habitat for waterfowl and other wildlife.
Lake Scogog also has an array of fish, such as muskellunge, sucker, bullhead, carp, rock bass, pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, largemouth bass, yellow perch and walleye. link title
The name "Scugog" may be an Ojibwe word meaning "marshy waters". However, according to Place Names of Ontario by Alan Rayburn, Scugog is a Mississauga word meaning 'waves leap over a canoe' in reference to the flooding of the river valley.
source:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Scugog

The lake is shallow and weedy, which sounds perfect for largemouth bass.  The challenge will be identifying which weeds are productive, and which aren't.

Wish me luck, and I will let you know how it goes...