Fishing at Brandy Lake, Thunder Bay District, Ontario

• Overview

  Brandy Lake is a Thunder Bay District water, Ontario side. Height above sea level is 335 metres. With some 11 hectares of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. About 1.4 km of bank, so nothing stays unexplored for long. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Thunder Bay District. The nearest town is Greenstone, 76 km away. The big place round here is Thunder Bay, 234 km distant. No county line comes close, which keeps the paperwork simple.

• Where to Fish on Brandy Lake

  No published figure covers depth, so learn it as you fish. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Open biodiversity records for Thunder Bay District list cisco, blackfin cisco, rainbow smelt, bloater and shortjaw cisco. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. Brandy Lake gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The year swings from about -20°C in January to roughly 16°C in July. The freeze holds for the better part of the year. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about early May. Averages suggest open water from about early May through to roughly mid November. Spring is short and heavy here; autumn is longer and steadier. Keep it in mind when planning a trip to Brandy Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. Access is unmapped, which usually means a farm track and a walk. A light spinning outfit with a small box of lures and some bait covers most of what swims here. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. Rye Lake at 1 km is the sensible second choice. Treat access at Brandy Lake as something to verify.