Fox Lake Fishing near Ignace, Ontario

• Overview

  This water sits in Kenora District, Ontario. Height above sea level is 451 metres. About 1.02 sq km, so local knowledge or a boat saves a lot of walking. The bank runs about 4.5 km all the way round, so one visit can cover most of it. It sits higher than most water we list in Ontario. Ignace is the closest town at 5.4 km. Thunder Bay is the closest city, 205 km away. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Fox Lake

  Nothing in our records gives a depth for this one. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Kenora District records list northern pike, longnose sucker, white sucker, johnny darter and logperch among the fish reported. Species recorded across the county may be limited to a few waters. Work Fox Lake in sections rather than trying to cover it.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate normals give 18°C for July and -18°C for January. The year splits cleanly: hard water, then open water. Break-up comes around late April, and the run that follows is short and strong. Averages suggest open water from about late April through to roughly mid November. The first weeks of open water and the last are the ones to plan for. Plan any trip to Fox Lake around it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. Nothing formal is recorded here: no ramp, no car park, no marked path. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. For a change of water, Cow Lake is 3.6 km distant. Ask locally about Fox Lake if anything is unclear.