Dogtooth Lake Ontario

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Has anybody ever fished here?

We have been taking a guys trip up there for 6-7 years now. This year we are going the 9-16th of August. Mostly a comfortable place for my older grandpa to stay in a cabin and catch some fish, with the chance at a really nice walleye.
Can be a frustrating lake to fish, especially mid August. We have nailed down a few spots that are good to get some eaters for dinner. Usually in the evenings we spend the last 2 hours of light trolling over deep water for suspended fish, usually 20+ ft down over 60+ FOW. During the day we bounce around islands, reefs, and shorelines with jigs and BBs with crawlers and leech rigs.
It is been 3 years since I have caught a fish over 20" up there. But as a group we usually get 10-15 over 24" in a week and usually a couple over 28". Fun trip overall and great scenery and company.

 

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Had a decent trip. We fished the evening of Aug. 9-Aug. 15. Had 2 pretty good days, 2 bad days, and the rest were just so-so. Dad, Uncle, and Grandpa don't like getting up early anymore so we usually outdrink the fish at night and sleep in mornings.
We have slowly been learning how to consistently catch fish on this lake. The local guys don't provide any information and neither do the guys that have been making the trip for 20+ years. Can't say I blame them much, but would have shortened the learning curve for us a little bit. We found a bay a few years back that we can catch 10-16" walleye all day in, just a shallow weedy bay pulling spinners. Usually get enough eyes' for dinner and then go search the reefs, shorelines, and islands for bigger fish.
I think we finally dialed in on some bottom bouncers and have 2-3 spots were we can go and most likely catch fish with the chance at some big ones. 1oz to 1-1/2oz BB with leeches or worms work the best on these spots. 2 spots are reefs topping out at 9-10fow and the other spot is a little flatter, with access to some shallow weeds. We also deep troll suspended fish some evenings and don't catch a lot, but the ones we do are bigger fish. We found we caught more fish when we were running and gunning. Fish a spot for 20-30 minutes and then move on until we found some fish. This kind of stinks for Grandpa but he understands we can't catch them if they are there and active.

Biggest of the week was 26 1/4" walleye with 20-25 eyes' over 20". I think I had 2 -25" and also a 37" pike the last evening. Really fun time and scenery with the family. Looking forward to next year and searching more of the lake.