Dewey Lake Fishing Guide, Thunder Bay District, Ontario

• Overview

  You will find Dewey Lake in Thunder Bay District, Ontario. It sits in spruce and muskeg country. Roughly 19 hectares: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. Around 2.4 km of margin, front to back. Nearest place of any size is Manitouwadge, 33 km away. For a city, Thunder Bay is 231 km off. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Dewey Lake

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Across Thunder Bay District, recorded fish include cisco, blackfin cisco and rainbow smelt. Records at county level tell you what is around, not what is stocked here. Take Dewey Lake a stretch at a time.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Seasonal averages run from -16°C in January up to 16°C in July. Everything is compressed into the middle of the year. The open season starts with the thaw, near enough late April. The season between ice runs from about late April to mid November. The open run goes from the thaw to the freeze, and April through October covers most of it. Plan any trip to Dewey Lake around it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. There is no mapped parking or launch nearby, which keeps numbers down. Keep the gear simple: light line, small hooks, split shot and a couple of proven lures. Check whether a boat is allowed before you tow one. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. Little Alice Lake at 1.2 km is the sensible second choice. Signs at Dewey Lake carry more weight than any list.