Badland Lake Fishing near Sioux Lookout, Ontario

• Overview

  Kenora District, Ontario, is where Badland Lake sits. It stands 368 metres above sea level. At about 35 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. Shoreline comes to about 3.3 km, small enough to learn in a day. 20 km away sits Sioux Lookout, the nearest town. Thunder Bay sits 290 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Badland Lake

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Fish documented in Kenora District include northern pike, longnose sucker and white sucker. Records at county level tell you what is around, not what is stocked here. On Badland Lake a short move beats a long cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warmest month averages 18°C, the coldest about -18°C. The middle months are generous; the ends are demanding. Hard cover is dependable here; it goes around late April. On the long-run averages the water opens up around late April and starts locking again about mid November. September and October fish steadily right up to the freeze. Expect Badland Lake to follow that timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. Nothing is listed nearby for parking or launching a boat. For the pike, wire up and throw larger lures along the weed edges. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Should this one be busy, Jackfish Lake is 2.7 km off. Nothing here settles the position at Badland Lake for certain.