Crump Lake Fishing Guide, Kenora District, Ontario

• Overview

  Set in Kenora District, Crump Lake is an Ontario water. It sits at 258 metres above sea level. It measures about 43 hectares, which is a comfortable size for bank fishing. The edge runs 3.6 km or so, easy to work in an afternoon. Longlac lies 214 km from the water. Thunder Bay is the closest city, 398 km away. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Crump Lake

  Nothing we hold settles how deep this runs. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Survey and observation records for Kenora District include northern pike, longnose sucker, white sucker, johnny darter and logperch. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Take Crump Lake a stretch at a time.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate normals give 16°C for July and -22°C for January. Open water is the exception rather than the rule here. Ice-out usually falls in early May, and the weeks after it fish hardest. Ice usually gives way near early May, and forms again about early November. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. Crump Lake runs to that rhythm year in and year out.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, so treat access as rough. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Parking is often the real limit rather than the bank itself. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. For a change of water, Adamac Lake is 5.3 km distant. The position on Crump Lake is worth confirming on the day.