Cedar Lake Fishing Guide, Thunder Bay District, Ontario

• Overview

  Thunder Bay District, Ontario, is where Cedar Lake sits. Beyond the shoreline you have mixed forest. Roughly 1.08 sq km of surface: treat each bay as a water in its own right. The shoreline runs about 5.4 km, so it pays to pick a stretch and stay with it. Wawa sits 86 km from the bank. Terrace Bay is 149 km and Newberry 155 km. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Cedar Lake

  We hold no depth figure for this one. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Records held for Thunder Bay District cover cisco, blackfin cisco and rainbow smelt. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. On Cedar Lake the first feature you find is usually worth a session.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Between February at about -9°C and August at about 16°C, the water has a wide range to work through. Winter shuts things down for a spell, then spring reopens them fast. The lid usually sets by midwinter and gives way around late April. Ice clears near late April and comes back about late November in a typical year. The weeks after the thaw and the ones before the freeze are the strongest. It sets the rhythm of the year at Cedar Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. Nothing formal is recorded here: no ramp, no car park, no marked path. One rod, a handful of hooks and floats, and a few small lures are enough for this water. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. The nearest alternative is Loon Lake, 2.3 km out. What applies at Cedar Lake may have changed since it was mapped.