Gap Lake Fishing Guide, Thunder Bay District, Ontario

• Overview

  Gap Lake is a Thunder Bay District water, in Ontario. The surface lies 327 metres up. Small at around 6 hectares: two anglers spread out cover most of it. On size it sits at the modest end of our Thunder Bay District list. Head to Longlac, 41 km away, for anything you forgot. It is 270 km to Thunder Bay, the nearest city. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Gap Lake

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Species logged across Thunder Bay District include cisco, blackfin cisco, rainbow smelt, bloater and shortjaw cisco. Read it as a county summary, not a water-by-water list. Fish Gap Lake where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate records put July near 16°C and January near -18°C. Cold dominates the year and the fishing works around it. Count the season from break-up, usually early May. On average, early May opens the water and mid November closes it again. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. That shapes the year on Gap Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. 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. Look for a notice board at the entrance. Check whether bait restrictions apply before you buy any. For a change of water, Griffen Lake is 3.4 km distant. Nothing here settles the position at Gap Lake for certain.