Fishing Giraffe Lake in Thunder Bay District, Ontario

• Overview

  Giraffe Lake is one of the Thunder Bay District waters in Ontario. Boreal forest runs right down to the water. At about 67 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. At about 7.1 km of edge, most people work one arm at a time. You are 58 km from Longlac. For a city, Thunder Bay is 285 km off. Close by you have: Alph Lake 2.2 km, Haskett Lake after 3.2 km, Chas Lake 5.4 km, Levine Lake after 6.2 km and Stinger Lake 6.4 km. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Giraffe Lake

  Depth is not on record here, so the bank has to tell you. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Open biodiversity records for Thunder Bay District list cisco, blackfin cisco, rainbow smelt and bloater. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. On Giraffe Lake the quiet end is the one worth the extra effort.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July to average close to 16°C, with January the cold end at about -20°C. Little of the calendar is open water, so timing counts for everything. The freeze runs deep into the year, with break-up near early May. From about early May to around mid November, expect open water on the long-run figures. September and October fish steadily right up to the freeze. It holds true on Giraffe Lake more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. Mapping records no facilities at all near this water. Keep the gear simple: light line, small hooks, split shot and a couple of proven lures. Bank access can be seasonal on ground like this. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Failing this one, try Alph Lake, 2.2 km away. None of that is settled for Giraffe Lake in what we hold.