Galoche Lake, Ontario: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  In Ontario, Galoche Lake belongs to Thunder Bay District. The bank is 344 metres above sea level. Roughly 35 hectares: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. The margin runs to about 5.4 km in total. For supplies, Manitouwadge is 28 km out. Further out sit Hornepayne (77 km) and Terrace Bay (102 km). There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Galoche Lake

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Species logged across Thunder Bay District include cisco, blackfin cisco, rainbow smelt, bloater and shortjaw cisco. Records at this level tell you what is in the area. At Galoche Lake the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 16°C in July and bottoms out near -17°C in January. Winter runs most of the calendar, and everything worth doing happens in the gap. The lid usually goes in early May, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. Ice clears near early May and comes back about mid November in a typical year. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. Anyone fishing Galoche Lake regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Access is unmapped, which usually means a farm track and a walk. One rod, a handful of hooks and floats, and a few small lures are enough for this water. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. Should this one be busy, Dotted Lake is 3.9 km off. Confirm access to Galoche Lake locally before you travel.