Fishing at Brett Lake, Timiskaming District, Ontario

• Overview

  The Timiskaming District end of Ontario holds Brett Lake. It sits at 356 metres above sea level. Surface area runs to about 6 hectares — small enough to read in one session. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Timiskaming District. The nearest town is Englehart, 74 km away. The nearest city of size is Greater Sudbury, 133 km away. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Brett Lake

  Depth is not on record here, so the bank has to tell you. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Fish documented in Timiskaming District include brook trout, northern pike, yellow perch and Iowa darter. Take it as the county picture rather than a promise for this water. Read Brett Lake for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July is the warm end of the year here, averaging about 17°C, while January sits near -17°C. Cold locks it up for a good stretch each year. Winter fishing happens on the ice here, with open water back around late April. Expect the water usable from around late April until roughly mid November. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. Anyone fishing Brett Lake regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. Nothing built is recorded close to the bank here. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. For a change of water, Serpentine Lake is 0.8 km distant. Treat access at Brett Lake as something to verify.