Foam Lake, Ontario: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Foam Lake is one of the Thunder Bay District listings for Ontario. This is northern bush ground. The water covers some 96 hectares, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. Some 6.8 km of bank gives room to move when the wind turns. It sits higher than most water we list in Ontario. Nipigon at 44 km is the nearest place to stop. The big place round here is Thunder Bay, 145 km distant. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Foam Lake

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Open biodiversity records for Thunder Bay District list cisco, blackfin cisco, rainbow smelt, bloater and shortjaw cisco. Read it as a county summary, not a water-by-water list. On Foam Lake the obvious spot is not always the productive one.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs -18°C to 16°C. Long winters and short summers set the pattern. Hard cover is dependable here; it goes around early May. Expect the water usable from around early May until roughly mid November. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. That shapes the year on Foam Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. Nothing is mapped in the way of a ramp or car park within a short radius. 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. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. Should this one be busy, Berg Lake is 2.2 km off. Confirm access to Foam Lake locally before you travel.