Fishing Goff Lake in Kenora District, Ontario

• Overview

  Goff Lake is one of the Kenora District waters in Ontario. The water sits 262 metres up. Roughly 92 hectares: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. About 4.4 km of bank, so nothing stays unexplored for long. Some 209 km away sits Longlac, the nearest settlement. Greenstone is 210 km and Geraldton 211 km. The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Goff Lake

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. County-wide records name northern pike, longnose sucker and white sucker. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. At Goff Lake light and wind decide more than tackle does.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 16°C; the cold one sits at -22°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. The open-water window runs from around early May to about early November in an average year. Fish feed hardest at the start and the close of the open season. Goff Lake runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. No car park, ramp or path is recorded within easy reach of the shore. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Season dates differ by species, so read the table. Check whether bait restrictions apply before you buy any. For a change of water, Hoggard Lake is 3.1 km distant. Confirm before you fish Goff Lake.