The Lake With Giant Bass

Lake Lauzon has tons of bass to satisfy any dedicated bass angler.
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With today’s busy schedules, it’s easy to miss out on opportunities to fish on certain lakes that have a reputation for producing giant smallmouth bass—like Lake Lauzon in Ontario’s Algoma Country, near Algoma Mills off Highway 17. But every once in a while, you get lucky.

When the opportunity arose to visit this specific big bass factory became available, I jumped at the chance with no hesitations whatsoever.

Our trip took us to a location called Lauzon East, located just off Highway 17 but situated in the natural beauty of the wilderness Algoma Country is famous for.

aerial landscape lauzon east algoma country

Lauzon East is a four-cottage housekeeping resort located near the community of Algoma Mills, Ontario. Located on 43 acres of property, this cottage resort has 900 feet of waterfront on Wettlaufer Bay on Lake Lauzon. There's a public boat launch nearby, docks for your boat and the Lauzon East staff is on-site all day. The resort is year-round with access to the snowmobile trail. All cottages are fully furnished with kitchens, fresh linens and towels, personal deck BBQs and a fire pit. The cottages were once used to house workers and execs of the Pronto Mine, a historical uranium mine that once operated between the communities of Elliot Lake and Spragge. 

Our cottage was huge. Four bedrooms, two bathrooms and tons of space for our equipment and fishing gear. Couches, TV, all the comforts of home on a fishing vacation, exactly what the doctor ordered. Very impressive. 

lauzon east cottages and docks lauzon east large cottage

We fished the first evening within the bays close to the main lodge location and caught a variety of two-pound-plus smallmouth bass on a variety of topwater baits and ned rig plastics cast to shoreline rocks and subtle points and as the sun dropped the bigger gals decided to play and caught some very nice four pound plus bass on the loud prop baits and splashy topwater poppers along small lily pad patches in shallower water. The next morning, we fished with the lodge owner who showed us some of the main lake shoals and rock reefs that were carved out of the earth in crystal clear water conditions that enhanced the overall fishing experience of this trophy bass lake.

I started out tossing topwater baits at the first small island and reef we fished which produced a few three-pound smallmouth that crushed my baits.

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Moving up the lake, we fished with both topwater baits and three-inch paddle tail swim baits rigged on screw lock jig heads cast along shoreline breaks and caught some beautiful brown bass in the four and five-pound class that fought like wild hawgs.

Luckily for me and my bass-specific lures, we did not connect with any of the lake’s notorious giant muskie or northern pike that also call Lake Lauzon home.

The lake is also known for its abundance of largemouth bass which we did not target but is another reason for me to return to chase the big green in heavy cover and deep weeds.

aerial lake lauzon fishing boat

Our visit to Lauzon East was just after the spawn and many of the lake’s giant bass were in recovery mode. However, we still managed to catch our share of big fat bass and look forward to returning in either Fall or earlier in the year for the catch and release season of giants. Check out Lauzon East, plenty of parking space, huge spacious cottages and tons of bass to satisfy any dedicated bass fishermen like us.

Contact Jeremy and Rachel to book your vacation today at (519) 949-1052 or visit them online.

About Karl Kalonka

It's possible Karl's love for fishing began as early as the age of five. His parents took the kids on weekend trips across Ontario fishing for panfish, catfish, and bass. "I started with a bobber and worm from the time I was five years old," says Karl. These days, he has the enviable task of doing what he loves for a living, travelling across Ontario fishing, filming and producing two outdoor series, Extreme Angler and Crappie Angler TV.

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