Egg Lake in Thunder Bay District: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Egg Lake stands in Thunder Bay District, Ontario. The country round it is taiga from end to end. It measures about 22 hectares, which is a comfortable size for bank fishing. The whole outline is near 1.8 km, and most of it is walkable. Manitouwadge is the closest town at 50 km. Further out sit Terrace Bay (95 km) and Hornepayne (97 km). It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Egg Lake

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. County-wide records name cisco, blackfin cisco, rainbow smelt, bloater and shortjaw cisco. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. On Egg Lake that means starting tight and working out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-term averages put July at about 16°C and January near -16°C. The year here is short and sharp: a long lid, then a burst of open water. Count the season from break-up, usually early May. The open-water window runs from around early May to about mid November in an average year. June through September is the settled part of the year, with the shoulders busier for fish. Anyone fishing Egg Lake regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. Nothing in the way of made access shows up nearby: no ramp, no car park, no path. A light spinning outfit with a small box of lures and some bait covers most of what swims here. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. Should this one be busy, Bradley Lake is 1.5 km off. Check the position at Egg Lake before loading the car.