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A ------ ta "A Family Tradition for 127 Years" History of Lake Scugog From. Page 12 In spring, walleye, largemouth and smallmouth bass in the summer. The lake has always been a popular one for summer or win- ter angling. The story rarely changes when speaking of fish- ing in the past, the lake was de- scribed as a Honey Pot and "the pick of them all" where one could fill aboatin no time at all. Several references are made to the great fishing on Scugog in "Scugog and Its Environs." "It is certain there was a time when bass and Tunge were plen- tiful. They were plentiful when a man could cut a hole in the ice and lure the lunge up within reach of the gaff by means of his shining knife blade, and it was certainly cold when the fish thrown on the ice flipped once and froze before it could straighten out," Rev. Weir wrote. Although there is no written record of the biggest catch in Lake g, a man who struck what he thought was a log with his spear, turned out to be a 57- pound lunge, possibly the record. Re RR 00D Te _-- RR = Ss RE RRs 8 5 a es £3 AR: Y RRs a 3818;8 HIS: Sa ---- 3 Re SS RE = 2 2 3 SE RES eee SR SRR oe: SRR CEES SEE RE 2 2 There were times when the fishing industry was devastat- ed. In 1857 and again in 1904, low water levels and severe weather caused the water to freeze to nearly the bottom of the lake. Thousands of fish died as there were no air holes. When people came out in the spring to cut holes in the ice they could fill bags full of mud- cat and lunge as they would come to the air hole by the hun- dreds, Rev. Weir wrote. Often though, the shoreline was lined with fish after the ice melted and the odor of the de- caying fish polluted the air and people were again afraid of dis- ease. The lake was not a heavily fished lake until 1970 when the the mid 1970s and '80s the lake received the same amount of an- gler effort as others in the Kaw- arthas, but in 1992 it was dis- covered the winter fishery received the highest level of an- gler effort than any Kawartha Lake and on an annual basis re- ceives more pressure than the Bayes Quinte per hectare. alleye (pickerel) seem to be the fish of choice for Scugog an- lers. The Yellow Pickerel was t introduced into the lake in 1948, from what is believed to be the Bay of Quinte. The wall- eye were first discovered in Perry around Washburn Island and 17-18 miles to the mouth of the north-east point when it be- comes the Scugog River (or what has been called the Mis- take River). The lake is divided into two arms by the Island. The river flows into the town of Lindsay. Ownership of the waterway has changed over the years, with the Trent-Severn Water- way System currently the gov- erming body for the water level of the lake. The Ministry of Nat- ural Resources watches over the fishing industry. LJ Island. PHOTO COURTESY SCUGOG SHORES MUSEUM VILLAGE A view of Lake Scugog and Port Perry from Scugog 1956 when 92 were found trapped in a carp net. e lake is currently the onl one in the Kawarthas which al- lows ice huts on the lake. The popularity of the sport is shown by: a 1992 record 800 huts on the e. Altho the Ministry has shortened the winter season, beginning next year, the lake will continue to attract anglers from all over the province. ages, Lake Scugog stretches 12 miles from Port Perry to Stu- art's Bay, 14 miles from Port 4 "In the August sun-where Make strange, long wa When the day is done. Hoveto walk veri : g shado irch lined; Lake Scugog's water level is currently at its low point for the year, about 55 centimetres be- low the summer level of 150 me- tres above sea level. By the end of April it will of- ten be higher, due to spring run- off but maintains its level most of the summer. "Very little water leaves the lake during - the summer months. All the stop logs are currently in place," said Bruce Kitchen, engineer with the Trent Severn Waterway. Although many characteris- tics of the Lake Scugog of old have changed, it is still not a deep lake by any stretch of the imagination. The deepest parts of the lake are near Lakeside Beach on Scugog Island where the depth reaches 15 feet and a spot as it flows into the river, charted at 23-feet deep. The remainder of the lake av- erages between four and seven feet, with a mean depth of four and a half feet. "We try to keep the canal route four feet in depth. It is only five and six feet and less in many spots on the lake," Mr. Kitchen said. : Although its appearance may have changed, much about the lake is still the same. It is still a source of entertainment for thousands of people, as it was all those years ago. There are those who say the water level is still too low, while others living along the shore are threatened by higher water. It is still described as it al- ways has been: muddy, weedy and shallow. Apparently those adjectives do not spell doom for a lake, as the township's liveli- hood has been entrusted to them for centuries, with encour- aa a a aa iasa dark blue finish, real knwry, 46,000km- Next Week: Part 2 Navigation on Lake Scugog PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, April 6, 1993 - 13 It's always worth tbe trip to... 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