Fishing Beth Lake in Thunder Bay District, Ontario

• Overview

  Beth Lake is a Thunder Bay District water, in Ontario. It lies 464 metres above sea level. At about 12 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. Bank access stretches around 1.5 km in total. Our Thunder Bay District list holds plenty of bigger water. For a base, Lappe sits 72 km out. Thunder Bay sits 93 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Beth Lake

  We hold no depth figure for this one. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Survey and observation records for Thunder Bay District include cisco, blackfin cisco, rainbow smelt and bloater. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. On Beth Lake the first feature you find is usually worth a session.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs -20°C to 17°C. The season turns properly here, and fish follow it closely. Ice-out usually falls in early May, and the weeks after it fish hardest. Open water usually runs from early May until about mid November. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. Plan any trip to Beth Lake around it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether the bank is open is not something our records settle. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. No built facilities appear in mapping around this water. One rod, a handful of hooks and floats, and a few small lures are enough for this water. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. Should this one be busy, Ruthann Lake is 2.4 km off. Rules at Beth Lake are worth checking on the day.