Fishing East West Lake in Thunder Bay District, Ontario

• Overview

  East West Lake lies in Thunder Bay District, Ontario. Around the bank it is spruce and muskeg. At about 23 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. With about 3.4 km of edge, you can try several depths in one session. Head to Hornepayne, 60 km away, for anything you forgot. Thunder Bay is the closest city, 317 km away. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on East West Lake

  Depth is not on record here, so the bank has to tell you. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Public occurrence data for Thunder Bay District names cisco, blackfin cisco, rainbow smelt, bloater and shortjaw cisco. Read it as a county summary, not a water-by-water list. On East West Lake the quiet end is the one worth the extra effort.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 16°C at the top of summer and -19°C at the bottom of winter. The window is narrow, and fish feed hard while it lasts. The lid usually goes in early May, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. Averages place the thaw at early May and the freeze at mid November. Right after break-up, and again as the nights sharpen, is when to go. East West Lake fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. Formal access is not mapped, so the last stretch is likely on foot. One rod, a handful of hooks and floats, and a few small lures are enough for this water. Provincial rules still apply whatever the bank status. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. Should this one be busy, Kalz Lake is 1.7 km off. Nothing here settles the position at East West Lake for certain.