Garden Island Lodge on Lady Evelyn Lake
We are a unique boat-in resort style all-inclusive American Plan lodge located on spectacular Lady Evelyn Lake where all your lodging accommodations, meals and boating needs are completely provided. There are only three fishing camps and just two American Plan fishing lodges on this massive lake. We want to be the one Lady Evelyn Lake lodge that caters to your next Northeastern Ontario fishing experience with comfortable accommodations and attentive staff. Our beautiful picturesque island is surrounded by some of the world's finest trophy walleye, smallmouth bass and northern pike fishing imaginable. Come and indulge in your fondest fishing dreams at our boat-in and fly-in lodge. We cater to fishermen and families of all skill levels. Whether you are an expert pro fisherman or a complete novice we provide a Great North Ontario fishing experience that you will remember always and eagerly anticipate your next yearly visit. Come to Garden Island for the fishing ..... leave with memories you will cherish always!
Garden Island Lodge is located on Lady Evelyn Lake approximately 90 miles north of North Bay in Northeastern Ontario. We are positioned on a remote island on the main lake and we are considered both boat-in and fly-in lodge. Boating in allows for you to bring all your fishing gear compared to flying in. The lodge is also very easy to get to! Guests simply drive to Mowatt Landing and we take over from there. All you have to do is sit back and enjoy the boat ride to Garden Island.
Boats
In order to do their best fishing our guests need comfortable efficient top quality fishing boats to get the job done. At Garden Island our guests are supplied with custom rigged 16.5 ft. Lund Rebel tiller model boats. Each boat is cleaned and refueled every evening in order to be prepared for your next morning's fishing.
Cabins
Our nine cabins are scattered around the island and all are within walking distance of the docks and the main lodge and dining room. Our cabins have clean hot and cold potable running water, propane heaters and refrigerators. We can accommodate groups of two guests all the way up to corporate outings of thirty guests.
Dining
We serve a hearty breakfast in the dining room each morning where guests can choose their breakfast from a small menu and a chef prepared dinner in the envening. We also provide a packed lunch or you can get a prepared shore lunch kit complete with fish filets in your boat before you set out in the morning.
Lady Evelyn Lake a remote fishing gem!
With 675 miles of shoreline and many islands on our 36 mile long lake it's possible to fish all day and never see another boat. There are some areas of Lady Evelyn where the fish probably have never even seen a fishing lure! We provide guests with a fishing map showing depths and contours, islands, shoals and popular nearby fishing spots. New guests also get a quick tour to a few of the best nearby fishing areas. The three most sought after species of fish in Lady Evelyn are walleye, smallmouth bass and northern pike. With our crystal clear water and very effective catch, photo and release (CPR) conservation policies which have been adopted by all the lake's lodges, there will always be plenty of trophy fish to be caught by Lady Evelyn anglers. Whether you are a young or old, novice or pro, you are going to find plenty of action and excitement to keep you busy when you visit our lodge. If you want to take a few fish home just bring them to the dock in your boat's live well and give them to our dock staff. They will fillet, wrap and label your fish for the trip back home.
Check out this Fish N Canada video that was filmed on Lady Evelyn Lake with Angelo and Pete catching big smallmouth bass during their stay at Garden Island Lodge.
Lady Evelyn Lake Fishing Tips
(CPR) Catch, Photograph and Release
Our beautiful picturesque island is surrounded by some of the world's finest trophy walleye, smallmouth bass and northern pike fishing imaginable due to our long standing encouragement of catch and release practices and the intelligent management of MNR possession limits. Please help us continue to make Garden Island Lodge the premier trophy fishing lodge in Ontario. We all want to consistently catch more and bigger fish! The best way to promote that on any lake is by encouraging anglers to consider Lady Evelyn as a CPR lake (Catch, Photograph and Release). With the cooperation of our wonderful guests we have been able to watch the fishing on Lady Evelyn Lake steadily increase over the past 20 years in both numbers caught and even the average size. We ask our guests to release their catch and then record their catches on our Big Fish Released Board. We will continue to reward releasing the trophy size catches with a custom award mug which can be proudly displayed at home or at work. If you desire to memorialize your catch with a fish mount please just take a picture, measure the length and girth, and then get the satisfaction of carefully releasing your catch and ordering a perfect fiberglass replica. Fiberglass replicas are far more attractive than a skin mount and they will last forever. Check out Advanced Taxidermy for a beautiful realistic fish replica of your trophy catch.