DanPM wrote:

In principle, the May long weekend could be a good balance of trout still being shallow, pike being open, and bugs not being too bad yet (usually). The problem is that within Algonquin there's basically no such thing as a 3-day loop with pike. Pike are very limited in the park and nvm has said what lakes contain them; the only actual "chain" of lakes with pike is Tip-Up down to Shall, off access point 17, and it's not really part of any appealing 3-day loop. I would probably just focus on trout.

(nvm -- just for trivia's sake -- bass are native in the lower Petawawa and in the Amable du Fond system in the northwest corner of the park.)

This is the first time I've ever heard that! And i've worked and played with Park fisheries for a long time. Are you sure those records don't refer to the AuF near the mouth of the Ottawa?