This camp actually features two lakes in one, with a 30-foot portage separating Wolf from Victoria Lake. While Wolf boasts both large and smallmouth species plus Splake (a speckled/lake trout hybrid), Victoria is primarily a smallmouth lake, with some catches topping 5 pounds. For a small lake, Wolf offers a surprising array of fishing situations and cover; rocky point, steep breaklines, distinct weedlines, pad beds, shoreline deadfalls, stumps, beaver lodge, even a dock. The lake is also home to an unfished population of splake, stocked in the past and now fully grown. Splake fishing opens as soon as the ice goes out, usually by early May.

The 20-minute flight from our base takes you over western Haliburton, lending an appreciation of the word 'remote'. Added enjoyment comes via the viewing the abundant wildlife that has settled at the lake, including beavers, deer, moose, multitudes of birds and a family of otters.

Our recently built cabin is extremely comfortable, sleeping 4 in bunks and an additional 2 in the loft. A generous screened porch adds to the living space in the evenings.

Based on a party of 4 or more. A 15% surcharge applies to groups of less than 4. Minimum group is party of 2. Children 12 years and younger are discounted 10%.

Standard Vacation Package:
3 Days, 2 Nights   CDN $425/person
Extra Nights: CDN $95/person

CDN$100 per person deposit (minimum CDN$250) required at time of reservation.
See FAQ’s for details
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Day Fishing Trip:
CDN $ 275/person (minimum 2)



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Wolf Lake Features
Bed for 6 (2 bunks and 2 twins)
Propane fridge, stove, lighting
Woodstove
Screened porch
Propane Bar-B-Que
3 Aluminium boats
3 outboard motors
Canoe
2 Kayaks
For a list of standard features of all our cabins, please refer to our FAQ/Info section.
What our guests said in 2006
‘All three of us fished into the night thinking about the mammoth smallie, and how this wonderful memory has been shared by a father and his two sons’

‘The fish we caught today were too numerous to count!’

‘Heaven, if I’ve seen it! Thanks!!’’
Read Bill's
review below.
We have built a new, comfortable 6-person cabin on Wolf.
The lake has been unfished for years.
Come in May and fish for Splake!

Wolf Lake
Reviewed July 2-4, 2002

Fly-in Ontario bass fishing.

It had been some years since we last fished at Wolf Lake, then a camping-only outpost site for Day Airways. Dragging the jonboat across the short median that separates Victoria and Wolf Lakes brought us to a seldom fished lake where our party enjoyed great bass fishing, including a couple big (20 & 21") smallmouth bass. Since that trip, Stanton Air has built a modern cottage-style outpost camp – nothing like any bass camp I had ever seen – and we were to be among the first parties to enjoy it. With windows all round, a screened porch, full kitchen, and large sitting / dining area, the 2-bedroom camp could well serve as the model for fly-in outpost camps everywhere ! The uniform depth of most of the main-lake basin dictates that the bass fishing translates into pounding shorelines, especially early and later in the day.

As mentioned, the summer heat and clear water can make for challenging midday fishing, so fish early, later enjoy a midday nap, a BBQ, ice cold drinks, swimming, canoeing, hiking, and then get back to work after dinner – right through to total darkness. Oh, you’ll catch bass – and plenty of them.

Repeatedly, the best fishing at Wolf Lake came from the upper end of the lake (where a seldom-used hunt camp is located and shoreline cover / weedgrowth is more abundant) and the shoreline opposite the outpost camp itself, where scrub alders and a hard bottom consistently attract numbers of bass. Another good stretch is immediately to the right of the camp (looking across the lake from the dock), while a series of bite-size back bays around the lake perimeter seemed always to hold a few, though bigger bass.

The hot weather kept us in camp a bit more than we might have liked, but with a propane BBQ and a large fridge that kept everything cold and fresh, meal preparation was a nice distraction from the heat.

 

Wolf Lake Overview

Wolf Lake is a very clear lake, with little in the way of weedgrowth or shoreline cover. The uniform depth of most of the main-lake basin.

Wolf Lake offers a surprising array of bass fishing situations and cover - rocky points, steep breaklines, distinct weedlines, pad beds, shoreline deadfalls, stumps, beaver lodges, even a dock. If someone had a mind to, they might easily catch 20 to 50 bay per day here using a dozen or so proven bass tactics and baits. One thing for sure though, the bass here - both largemouth and smallmouth - are strictly cover-oriented.

A short flight from the Lake St. John airbase near Orillia, ON, will carry anglers to some consistent 2-species bassin' on a remote, pristine lake. As a bonus, just an easy, thirty-yard portage away is yet another lake, Victoria Lake, which offers an afternoon's diversion and, again, more bassin' - primarily smallmouth. During our stay at the Wolf / Victoria site, we had several opportunities to observe thearea's abundant wildlife, including beavers, birds, and a family of otters.

Wolf Lake's size is deceiving, given the number of back bays and inlets. It occasionally coughs up big smallmouth bass - fish in the 21-inch range and topping five pounds. I was lucky enough to catch such a fish late one evening while fishing a plastic worm next to a log - in a foot of water. What a fish ! More typically, however, bass will range between one and two pounds, with occasional 3's and 4's showing up to keep you sharp and test your skills on light line and tackle. Victoria Lake is also home to an unfished population of splake stocked in the past and now fully grown.

As we usually do in this part of the province, we found that 6 to 7-inch, dark plastic worms outperform most other baits / lures in the clear water. While there is abundant shoreline cover, it is not so heavy that you need to use anything but medium-light spinning gear (6-8 lb-test mono) or baitcasting tackle (10-12 lb-test mono). In less than perfect weather, or when bass are very active (early and late in the day, it seems), a 1/4 or 3/8-ounce white spinnerbait can be deadly. The joy of a spinnerbait over a worm ? When a bass hits a spinnerbait, it is anything but subtle !



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