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The main communities within the Patricia Region are already known to many serious anglers. Vermilion Bay, Perrault Falls, Ear Falls, Red Lake, Sioux Lookout, Ignace and Pickle Lake have been the launching points for many fishing adventures. In the heart of the region is the City of Dryden, central to everything and a great place to drive through and pick up supplies on your way to the lodge. Since it covers such a vast area and it has so many lakes, you can expect the fishing to be fast and furious and your best chances at a trophy northern pike or lake trout are probably on a lake in the Patricia Region. The walleye fishing on Lac Seul and Lake St. Joseph is legendary but this quality is equalled on almost all the other smaller lakes in the region. North America’s most northerly muskie lakes are located here. Eagle Lake, Canyon, and the east side of Lac Seul have trophy muskie fishing. River systems such as the Sutton, Albany, or Winisk are teeming with 4-8 pound brook trout. Beautiful Tiger Muskie. 20 Walleye fishing is fantastic in the Patricia Region. Photo: Woman River Camp Making up over 50% of the land area in Sunset Country, the Patricia Region begins at Eagle Lake in the south and extends all the way north past the end of the road and into true, virgin wilderness. You can’t even imagine the number of lakes and diversity of fishing opportunities that are available here – it’s that big! Some famous lakes found in its boundaries include Lac Seul, Red Lake, Trout Lake, Wabaskang Lake, Perrault Lake, Gullrock Lake, Lake St. Joseph, Lake Savant and Sturgeon Lake to name only a handful! There are also several hundred fly-in lakes where it’s you, the fish and nobody else! Photo: Clark’s Resort The Patricia Region