Flamingo Lake, Ontario: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Cochrane District, Ontario, is where Flamingo Lake sits. The surface lies 176 metres up. At 9 hectares it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. About 1.4 km of bank, so nothing stays unexplored for long. Ground here is low by Ontario standards. Nearest town is Hearst, 48 km off. For a city, Thunder Bay is 410 km off. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Flamingo Lake

  Our records carry no depth, so judge it from the bank. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Survey and observation records for Cochrane District include northern pike, yellow perch, white sucker, Iowa darter and logperch. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. At Flamingo Lake the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Between January at about -19°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. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about early May. Ice clears near early May and comes back about mid November in a typical year. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. It holds true on Flamingo Lake more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, so treat access as rough. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Parking space is the usual limit rather than the bank itself. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. For a change of water, Eagle Lake is 0.5 km distant. Treat Flamingo Lake as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.