Camp Lake Fishing in Cochrane District, Ontario

• Overview

  Camp Lake is set in Cochrane District, Ontario. The surface lies 281 metres up. Surface area runs to about 2 hectares — small enough to read in one session. It is a small entry by Cochrane District standards. You are 24 km from Iroquois Falls. Greater Sudbury sits 236 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. No boundary runs near, so the local rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on Camp Lake

  Nothing in our records gives a depth for this one. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Cochrane District records list northern pike, yellow perch, white sucker, Iowa darter and logperch among the fish reported. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. Read Camp Lake before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs -18°C to 17°C. Expect a real winter and a strong spring after it. Look for the thaw near early May; the fishing lifts straight after. From about early May to around mid November, expect open water on the long-run figures. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. Time your trip to Camp Lake by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Provincial rules still apply whatever the bank status. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Should this one be busy, Northeast Twin Lake is 0.9 km off. Where Camp Lake is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.