Brik Lake, Ontario: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Set in Thunder Bay District, Ontario, this is Brik Lake. Around the bank it is spruce and muskeg. With some 29 hectares of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. With about 2.8 km of edge, you can try several depths in one session. The nearest town is Greenstone, 3.9 km away. For a city, Thunder Bay is 216 km off. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Brik Lake

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Across Thunder Bay District, recorded fish include cisco, blackfin cisco, rainbow smelt, bloater and shortjaw cisco. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. Take Brik Lake a stretch at a time.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Typical July readings run about 16°C; by January the average is down near -20°C. Everything is compressed into the middle of the year. Winter fishing happens on the ice here, with open water back around early May. The open-water window runs from around early May to about mid November in an average year. The first weeks of open water and the last are the ones to plan for. It sets the rhythm of the year at Brik Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. If the gate is shut, Clover Lake at 1.8 km is the nearest alternative. Treat Brik Lake as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.