Fishing Danford Lake in Thunder Bay District, Ontario

• Overview

  In Ontario, Danford Lake belongs to Thunder Bay District. The setting is spruce and muskeg. At about 88 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. The edge covers about 7.9 km, enough to hold several distinct areas. Head to Geraldton, 47 km away, for anything you forgot. The big place round here is Thunder Bay, 256 km distant. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Danford Lake

  Our records carry no depth, so judge it from the bank. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Fish documented in Thunder Bay District include cisco, blackfin cisco, rainbow smelt and bloater. Records at county level tell you what is around, not what is stocked here. Danford Lake repays a walk before the first cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 16°C at the top of summer and -20°C at the bottom of winter. Water stays cold even at the height of the year. Count the season from break-up, usually early May. The season between ice runs from about early May to mid November. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. That is the shape of the year on Danford Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access status is simply unknown for this water. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. No built facilities appear in mapping around this water. One rod, a handful of hooks and floats, and a few small lures are enough for this water. Look for a notice board at the entrance. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. Jeno Lake, 2.7 km away, makes the obvious fallback. The position on Danford Lake is worth confirming on the day.