Fishing Caro Lake in Thunder Bay District, Ontario

• Overview

  Caro Lake belongs to Thunder Bay District, Ontario. Elevation runs to 358 metres. About 10 hectares of surface, which puts the far bank inside easy sight. The bank runs about 1.6 km all the way round, so one visit can cover most of it. On size it sits at the modest end of our Thunder Bay District list. The nearest town is Nipigon, 52 km away. After that come Amethyst Harbour at 63 km and Shuniah Township at 65 km. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Caro Lake

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. 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. Survey and observation records for Thunder Bay District include cisco, blackfin cisco and rainbow smelt. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. On Caro Lake the quiet end is the one worth the extra effort.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages move between -18°C in January and 17°C in July. Little of the calendar is open water, so timing counts for everything. After early May the shallows warm and the fish move up. Ice clears near early May and comes back about mid November in a typical year. The middle of summer slows a little, with dawn and dusk carrying it. Keep it in mind when planning a trip to Caro Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. There is no mapped parking or launch close by, which usually means walking in. A light spinning outfit with a small box of lures and some bait covers most of what swims here. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. Albert Lake, 0.8 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Nothing here settles the position at Caro Lake for certain.