Blood Lake near Manitouwadge: Fishing Spots, Seasons and Access

• Overview

  You will find Blood Lake in Thunder Bay District, Ontario. Around the bank it is northern bush. At 8 hectares it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. Our Thunder Bay District list holds plenty of bigger water. Manitouwadge at 32 km is the nearest place to stop. Thunder Bay sits 231 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Blood Lake

  Depth remains unrecorded, so treat the first session as a survey. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. County-wide records name cisco, blackfin cisco and rainbow smelt. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. The shape of Blood Lake rewards a slow walk along one bank.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July is the warm end of the year here, averaging about 16°C, while January sits near -16°C. Cold dominates the calendar on water this far north. The lid usually goes in early May, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. Climate figures give an open season running early May to mid November. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. At Blood Lake the season follows that pattern closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. One rod, a handful of hooks and floats, and a few small lures are enough for this water. Take the rules with you rather than trusting memory. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. For a change of water, Little Huck Lake is 0.7 km distant. Check the position on Blood Lake before loading the car.