Biff Lake in Thunder Bay District: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  You will find Biff Lake in Thunder Bay District, Ontario. Everything around it is boreal forest. Small at around 8 hectares: two anglers spread out cover most of it. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Thunder Bay District. Nearest town is Greenstone, 47 km off. Further out sit Geraldton (62 km) and Nipigon (71 km). It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Biff Lake

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Open biodiversity records for Thunder Bay District list cisco, blackfin cisco and rainbow smelt. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. Read Biff Lake before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs -20°C to 16°C. Open water is the exception rather than the rule here. Firm cover through the cold months, then open water from early May. Averages place the thaw at early May and the freeze at mid November. The middle of summer slows a little, with dawn and dusk carrying it. Biff Lake runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  There is no clear statement anywhere on who can fish it. Nothing in the way of made access shows up nearby: no ramp, no car park, no path. Keep the gear simple: light line, small hooks, split shot and a couple of proven lures. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. Bite Lake, 0.3 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Check the position on Biff Lake before loading the car.