Dixon Lake in Timiskaming District: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Look for Dixon Lake in the Timiskaming District part of Ontario. Height above sea level is 336 metres. It measures about 26 hectares, which is a comfortable size for bank fishing. The full circuit measures close to 2.9 km on foot. For supplies, Kirkland Lake is 36 km out. Greater Sudbury sits 176 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. No county line comes close, which keeps the paperwork simple.

• Where to Fish on Dixon Lake

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Open biodiversity records for Timiskaming District list brook trout, northern pike, yellow perch and Iowa darter. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. Read Dixon Lake before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 17°C in July and bottoms out near -17°C in January. Winter shuts things down for a spell, then spring reopens them fast. Firm cover through the cold months, then open water from early May. Going by climate averages, expect open water from about early May until roughly mid November. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. That is the shape of the year on Dixon Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public sources are silent on who controls the bank. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. 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. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. For a change of water, Geraldine Lake is 0.5 km distant. Nothing here settles the position at Dixon Lake for certain.