Double Loon Lake Fishing in Thunder Bay District, Ontario

• Overview

  Double Loon Lake is set in Thunder Bay District, Ontario. The setting is spruce and muskeg on every side. Surface area is around 28 hectares, which gives you real water without needing a boat. About 2.9 km of bank, so nothing stays unexplored for long. 32 km away sits Nipigon, the nearest town. Schreiber lies 88 km off, Greenstone another 90 km. This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Double Loon Lake

  Nothing we hold settles how deep this runs. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Open biodiversity records for Thunder Bay District list cisco, blackfin cisco, rainbow smelt and bloater. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Double Loon Lake responds to conditions more than to tactics.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-term averages put July at about 16°C and January near -18°C. Open water is the exception rather than the rule here. Break-up comes around early May, and the run that follows is short and strong. The open-water window runs from around early May to about mid November in an average year. The strongest runs come at either end of the open season. It holds true on Double Loon Lake more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether the bank is open is not something our records settle. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Access is unmapped, which usually means a farm track and a walk. One rod, a handful of hooks and floats, and a few small lures are enough for this water. Read any posted signs at the access point rather than assuming. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Should this one be busy, Screen Lake is 2.2 km off. Check the current arrangement for Double Loon Lake.