Geordie Lake in Thunder Bay District: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Geordie Lake is one of the Thunder Bay District listings for Ontario. The ground round it is northern bush. It runs to roughly 19 hectares — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. The edge runs 2.8 km or so, easy to work in an afternoon. Terrace Bay at 45 km is the nearest place to stop. For a city, Thunder Bay is 209 km off. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Geordie Lake

  Depth figures are not published for this one. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. 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. Anyone new to Geordie Lake should walk it once before setting up.

• Seasonal Patterns

  On the long-term average, July reads 15°C and January reads -15°C. This far north the hard season runs and runs. Ice-out usually falls in early May, and the weeks after it fish hardest. On the long-run averages the water opens up around early May and starts locking again about mid November. Fish feed hardest at the start and the close of the open season. That is the shape of the year on Geordie Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. Nothing in the way of made access shows up nearby: no ramp, no car park, no path. A light spinning outfit with a small box of lures and some bait covers most of what swims here. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. Coubran Lake sits 2.1 km off and takes the overflow. For Geordie Lake in particular, ask before you travel.