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gidday

Planning to head up to muskrat lake on Saturday for an attempt at lakers through the ice. I have seen from this board that you can get on the lake off of Macfarlane road. Is the lake still accessible from here? street view on google it looks like a cottage at the end of the road so want to make sure before i make the drive.

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yup you still can, usually people will park on the ice or will park on the side of the road before the hill. good luck out there!
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Thanks, is it worth packing the perch and walleye gear as wellfor that area of the lake?
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walleye you may just get while fihsing for lakers by accident, but perch you can go to lilly bay and catch tonnes. just find shallow water like 5ft
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Can you access Lilly Bay from the end of MacFarlane Road? Is there a place to park or a road out on to the ice?

I normally access Muskrat via Waterview Road about 5 minutes past Cobden and I have had some amazing perch fishing there. When you find them (normally not that hard), you catch a lot of them and they are nice and big.
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lily bay is like 30 second walk fro macfarlane, just go left !
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I am going to muskrat lake Friday and wondering what the conditions are. I am dealing with tons of snow and water in Ottawa so wondering if same at muskrat. Any update is appreciated.
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