Fitzpatrick Lake, Ontario: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  This water sits in Thunder Bay District, Ontario. The water sits 430 metres up. The water covers some 39 hectares, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. The outline measures near 5.3 km, so local knowledge counts. The closest town, Schreiber, is 49 km away. Greenstone is 55 km and Terrace Bay 55 km. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Fitzpatrick Lake

  We hold no depth figure for this one. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Records held for Thunder Bay District cover cisco, blackfin cisco, rainbow smelt and bloater. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. Treat Fitzpatrick Lake as a water to read rather than to cover.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Between January at about -18°C and July at about 16°C, the water has a wide range to work through. The ice season is long here and the open one short. Count on hard cover from midwinter, and open water from early May. The lid tends to go about early May and return around mid November. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. It holds true on Fitzpatrick Lake more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing we hold confirms whether access is permitted. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. A light spinning outfit with a small box of lures and some bait covers most of what swims here. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Should this one be busy, Baldwin Lake is 2.4 km off. Confirm access to Fitzpatrick Lake locally before you travel.