Faith Lake Fishing near Longlac, Ontario

• Overview

  Faith Lake sits in Thunder Bay District, out in Ontario. The bank is 302 metres above sea level. The water measures roughly 5 hectares, so nothing here is far from anything else. Our Thunder Bay District list holds plenty of bigger water. Longlac is the closest town at 29 km. Further out sit Geraldton (59 km) and Greenstone (75 km). Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.

• Where to Fish on Faith Lake

  Depth is not on record here, which means reading the ground instead. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Public occurrence data for Thunder Bay District names cisco, blackfin cisco, rainbow smelt, bloater and shortjaw cisco. The county list is broader than any single water. On Faith Lake the first feature you find is usually worth a session.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 16°C and January at -19°C. The year here is short and sharp: a long lid, then a burst of open water. The freeze runs deep into the year, with break-up near early May. Averages place the thaw at early May and the freeze at mid November. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. Time your trip to Faith Lake by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  There is no clear statement anywhere on who can fish it. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, so treat access as rough. One rod, a handful of hooks and floats, and a few small lures are enough for this water. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Should this one be busy, Charity Lake is 0.5 km off. The position on Faith Lake is worth confirming on the day.