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Ontario Family Fishing Events

Intro to Ice Fishing for Women Workshop 2026

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Date/Time
Date(s) - February 14, 2026
9:00 am - 3:00 pm

Location
Elbow Lake Environmental Education Centre (near Kingston ON)
1500 Hewlett-Packard Lane
Perth Road, ON


Join us for a day of adventure on Elbow Lake Environmental Education Centre as you learn how to use an auger, set up an ice hut, rig for panfish, about the equipment you need for ice fishing and much more!

It’s Family Fishing Weekend so you don’t need to have a fishing license for this event.

This event is for women 18 years of age or older.

ONLY 10 SPOTS AVAILABLE OWA Membership Not Required

LOCATION

Elbow Lake Environmental Education Centre (near Kingston ON) https://elbowlakecentre.ca/

1500 Hewlett-Packard Lane

Perth Road, ON K0H 2L0

https://goo.gl/maps/4qYUaoUSkh22

WHEN

Saturday, February 14

TIME

9:00 am – 3:00 pm

REGISTRATION OPENS

Tuesday, November 18 at 6:00 pm

Learn how to use an auger, set up a portable ice fishing hut, equipment you’ll need, setting up a rod for panfish and much more!

INCLUDED

a loaner ice fishing rod (or you can bring your own)

goodie bag

morning coffee, tea and refreshments will be provided

bring your own lunch, drinks and snacks

small group instruction

PLEASE NOTE: We will be fishing outside and ice huts are not provided. You may bring one if you wish.

FISHING

Black Crappie, Yellow Perch, Bluegill and Pumpkinseed (catch and release only). It is a short walk from the pavilion to the lake.

Elbow Lake is a nature reserve and biological research station so live bait and barbed hooks are not allowed. Fishing is catch and release only.

NO motorized vehicles allowed – ATVs, snowmobiles, snow machines, etc.

OPTIONAL: ACCOMODATION

There are cabins on-site available to rent the night before (Friday). The cost is $120/night. You can share a cabin with someone else to share the cost. Each cabin has two bedrooms. The cabins are heated but the washrooms, showers and cooking facilities are in the main pavilion which is close by.

If registration should fill before you get a spot, please contact Yvonne at yvonne.owa101@gmail.com to be put on the wait list.

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