Cushing Lake Fishing in Rainy River District, Ontario

• Overview

  This water sits in Rainy River District, Ontario. It stands 395 metres above sea level. Surface area is around 59 hectares, which gives you real water without needing a boat. The whole outline is near 4.3 km, and most of it is walkable. The nearest place of any size is Atikokan, 37 km away. Beyond it, Ely at 66 km and Babbitt at 88 km. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Cushing Lake

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Open biodiversity records for Rainy River District list northern pike, smallmouth bass, yellow perch, walleye and white sucker. Read it as a county summary, not a water-by-water list. Fish Cushing Lake to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 18°C at the top of summer and -16°C at the bottom of winter. Winter shuts the surface down for months. Count the season from break-up, usually late April. On the long-run averages the water opens up around late April and starts locking again about mid November. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. The season on Cushing Lake follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Nothing is listed nearby for parking or launching a boat. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. Failing this one, try McDougall Lake, 2.5 km away. Treat access at Cushing Lake as something to verify.