Fleck Lake Fishing Guide, Cochrane District, Ontario

• Overview

  Look for Fleck Lake in Cochrane District, Ontario. The ground around here is taiga. The water covers some 12 hectares, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. The bank runs about 1.5 km all the way round, so one visit can cover most of it. It is low-lying compared with other Ontario water we list. Head to Kapuskasing, 51 km away, for anything you forgot. Then Hearst, 55 km, and Smooth Rock Falls, 106 km. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Fleck Lake

  No figure exists for depth, so let the water show you. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Survey and observation records for Cochrane District include northern pike, yellow perch, white sucker, Iowa darter and logperch. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. The shape of Fleck Lake decides where the fish sit.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The year swings from about -19°C in January to roughly 16°C in July. Open water arrives late and leaves early, which concentrates the fishing. Count on hard cover from midwinter, and open water from early May. Climate figures give an open season running early May to mid November. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. Anyone fishing Fleck Lake regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. South Hillmer Lake sits 4.9 km off and takes the overflow. For Fleck Lake, the notice at the access point is the final word.