Double Lake Fishing near Vermilion Bay, Ontario

• Overview

  Kenora District, Ontario, is where Double Lake sits. The ground round it is pine and birch. It measures about 90 hectares, which is a comfortable size for bank fishing. There is roughly 8.8 km of bank, more than one visit can cover properly. Vermilion Bay at 31 km is the nearest place to stop. Winnipeg sits 285 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Double Lake

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Fish documented in Kenora District include northern pike, longnose sucker, white sucker and johnny darter. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Double Lake gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Typical July readings run about 18°C; by January the average is down near -18°C. The freeze arrives properly here and holds. Winter locks it down, and late April brings it back. Averages place the thaw at late April and the freeze at mid November. Fish feed hardest at the start and the close of the open season. Double Lake runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access status is simply unknown for this water. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. No made access is recorded, so a short walk in is the likely arrangement. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. If the gate is shut, Trail Lake at 6.1 km is the nearest alternative. Signs at Double Lake carry more weight than any list.