Master Angler Trophy Walleye Fishing in Canada


For the past several years Garden Island Lodge has been recognized by most fishing experts as the leading trophy walleye destination in Northeast Ontario, Canada. Just about every lodge in Ontario claims to have the best trophy walleye fishing but instead of just claiming it we go ahead and let our guests prove it for us. It might also surprise many people that Lady Evelyn is also an incredibly hot destination for trophy smallmouth bass and giant northern pike as well. We have given many trophy angler awards over the years in order to recognize our Garden Island guests' success on big walleye, smallmouth bass and northern pike. Here are a couple of our programs that go to prove what a spectacular lake Lady Evelyn has become for folks fishing here!

Our Big Fish Board: After each day after being on the water, guests are requested to record their big fish on the Big Fish Board whenever they release a walleye 18 inches & over, northern pike 27 inches & over and smallmouth bass 17 inches & over. Each fish recorded on the board helps us keep track of our weekly fishing results on Lady Evelyn during the season which helps us advise future guests on what to expect on certain weeks.



Big Fish Board

Walleye Award Cup

Master Angler Trophy Award Mugs (Released Fish Only):

We give our Garden Island guests an award mug for each walleye 28" and over, for each smallmouth bass 17" and over and for each northern pike 30" and over so that our guests can show off their fishing achievements to their friends at home and their co-workers at the office. Many times people can get so conditioned to our great fishing that they don't even realize catching these big fish is quite an awesome accomplishment that they should be very proud of. The Award Mugs are also a sincere thank you from our owner Mike for carefully releasing these throphy fish so that they can grow and spawn so that someone else will have another spectacular fishing experience catching one of them. Please help us grow this lake into the best trophy fishing spot in Ontario and our lodge into a place where lifetime memories are created!


  • Garden Island Lodge angler holding trophy Ontario northern pike.
  • Garden Island Lodge angler holding trophy Ontario northern pike.
  • Garden Island Lodge angler holding trophy Ontario northern pike.
  • Garden Island Lodge angler holding trophy Ontario northern pike.
  • Angler holding beautifully colored trophy Ontario smallmouth bass.
  • Angler holding beautifully colored trophy Ontario smallmouth bass.
  • Angler holding beautifully colored trophy Ontario smallmouth bass.
  • Angler holding beautifully colored trophy Ontario smallmouth bass.
  • Garden Island angler holding up trophy Ontario walleye.
  • American Plan angler with large Ontario walleye.
  • American Plan angler with large Ontario walleye.
  • American Plan angler with large Ontario walleye.
Trophy Fish Plaque

Every week we have our Big Fish Board hanging in the supply shed located at the docks so that guests can add their catches during the week. We encourage guests to add each fish that measures above - walleye (18 inches), smallmouth bass (17 inches) and norhern pike (27 inches). This helps us keep track of our guest's success. Although it isn't mandatory we also really appreciate when guests take pictures and allow us to use them on our fishing reports, website and Facebook page. We have seen the average size of these released fish increase dramatically over the past 20 years and are highly appreciative when our customers release these fish. It means that we all get to enjoy them again year after year and it keeps our breeding fish making even more trophies! For your convenience we even provide a ruler in our boats to help you keep track.

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