Gleeson Lake in Timiskaming District: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Gleeson Lake sits in Timiskaming District, out in Ontario. The country here is pine and birch. It covers about 7 hectares, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. It is a small entry by Timiskaming District standards. For a base, Ville-Marie sits 10 km out. Further out sit Haileybury (16 km) and Saint-Bruno-de-Guigues (20 km). Local rules may differ a few miles either side of here.

• Where to Fish on Gleeson Lake

  Open data we checked carries no depth for this water. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Records held for Timiskaming District cover brook trout, northern pike, yellow perch and Iowa darter. Take it as the county picture rather than a promise for this water. Fish Gleeson Lake where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warmest month averages 18°C, the coldest about -15°C. A solid cap is the normal state through winter. Ice-out usually falls in late April, and the weeks after it fish hardest. The lid tends to go about late April and return around late November. Spring is short and heavy here; autumn is longer and steadier. At Gleeson Lake the season follows that pattern closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. Nothing is mapped in the way of a ramp or car park within a short radius. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. The nearest alternative is Saltlick Lake, 2.8 km out. Check the current arrangement for Gleeson Lake.