Fishing at Fallen Lake, Thunder Bay District, Ontario

• Overview

  You will find Fallen Lake in Thunder Bay District, Ontario. The water sits 287 metres up. It runs to roughly 22 hectares — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. With about 4.0 km of edge, you can try several depths in one session. For supplies, Manitouwadge is 39 km out. The nearest city of size is Thunder Bay, 232 km away. This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Fallen Lake

  No published figure covers depth, so learn it as you fish. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Thunder Bay District records list cisco, blackfin cisco and rainbow smelt among the fish reported. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. On Fallen Lake the obvious spot is not always the productive one.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July runs about 16°C on average, January about -16°C. Ice holds for a long stretch, so the open weeks matter more here than further south. Hard cover is dependable here; it goes around early May. Ice usually gives way near early May, and forms again about mid November. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. On Fallen Lake that shapes the whole year.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing on record says whether the bank is open or closed. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. Access is unmapped, which usually means a farm track and a walk. A light spinning outfit with a small box of lures and some bait covers most of what swims here. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. Talus Lake sits 2.4 km off and takes the overflow. Nothing here settles the position at Fallen Lake for certain.