Car Lake Fishing Guide, Rainy River District, Ontario

• Overview

  Car Lake is set in Rainy River District, Ontario. It lies 417 metres above sea level. At about 30 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. Bank access stretches around 2.4 km in total. You are 27 km from Atikokan. Thunder Bay is the closest city, 153 km away. Within a short run: Boot Lake at 1.3 km, Win Lake a touch under 1.9 km, Crystal Lake at 3.3 km, Marion Lake a touch under 3.6 km and Stanton Lake at 4.2 km. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Car Lake

  Our records carry no depth, so judge it from the bank. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Survey and observation records for Rainy River District include northern pike, smallmouth bass, yellow perch and walleye. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. On Car Lake a short move beats a long cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July near 18°C and January near -17°C on the long-run figures. Spring and autumn carry the fishing; summer and winter test it. The lid usually sets by midwinter and gives way around late April. Expect the water usable from around late April until roughly mid November. September and October fish steadily right up to the freeze. That shapes the year on Car Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Nothing is mapped in the way of a ramp or car park within a short radius. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. Boot Lake, 1.3 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Rules at Car Lake are worth checking on the day.