• Loon Island Outdoors
  • About Loon Island Outdoors
  • Publications and Awards
• Birdwatching
• Canoe Trip Reports
  • Algonquin Spring Fishing 2005
  • Algonquin Spring Fishing 2011
  • Algonquin Canoe Trip 2009
  • Booth Lake, Algonquin
  • Bell Lake, Killarney
  • French River Delta
  • Frontenac Provincial Park
  • Joe Lake, Algonquin
  • Petawawa River, Lake Travers to Lake McManus
  • Ragged Lake, Algonquin
  • Shirley Lake, Algonquin
• Boatworks
  • 16' Chestnut Prospector
  • 17' Endeavour Sea Kayak
  • The Paddle Project
• Bookstore
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• Fishing
  • Bottom Bouncing for Trout
  • Canoe Rod Holders
  • Favourite Bass Lures
  • Favourite Trout Lures

Welcome to Loon Island Outdoors. One more place to go on the web to daydream about things you would rather do than have to work for a living. With a little luck you might also find something to help you plan how to spend your own leisure time in the great outdoors. Here you will find a selection of canoe trip reports, wooden canoe & boat building information and a smattering of fishing tips.

I seem to have more than my share of wanderlust and a drive to explore. For me, the biggest reason to go on a canoe trip is to see something new and rekindle that sense of adventure. The intent of the canoe trip reports is to share the joy of adventure, the beauty of the natural world, and hopefully provide enough information to help you choose and plan your own trips. Check out the newest reports from our interior canoe trips to Joe Lake in Algonquin in August and Bell Lake in Killarney in September of last year.

As many people have found out, building a canoe or kayak using modern strip building techniques and materials is really quite easy. However that doesn't seem to take anything away from the admiration that folks show for a wooden boat. The Boatworks pages are there to brag about the boats we've built as much as anything else. To date we've built a woodstrip canoe, a woodstrip kayak, a plywood rowboat and partially refinished a mahogany runabout.

One of our favourite activities while on canoe trips is fishing. While fishing certainly isn't the only reason why we go canoeing, most of our trips are planned around the fishing opportunities. Given how popular the fishing section of our website is, it looks like we're not the only folks who think canoeing and fishing go well together. In fact, our first trip of the year is usually timed to take advantage of the shallow spring trout. Over the years we have put together a list of our favourite trout lures. Later on in the summer, large mouth and small mouth bass are popular targets and just recently I put together a list of our favourite bass lures.

Now that you are here, please take a look around and make yourself at home.

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