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

• Overview

  This water sits in Timiskaming District, Ontario. Height above sea level is 355 metres. This is a pocket water of some 5 hectares, and every part of it is reachable from the bank. Most waters listed here for Timiskaming District are larger. You are 72 km from Englehart. After that come Kirkland Lake at 77 km and Temiskaming Shores at 86 km. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Gould Lake

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Public occurrence data for Timiskaming District names brook trout, northern pike and yellow perch. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Gould Lake responds to conditions more than to tactics.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate records put July near 17°C and January near -16°C. Winter shuts the surface down for months. Once it clears, about early May, the fishing comes on quickly. Climate figures give an open season running early May to mid November. The open run goes from the thaw to the freeze, and April through October covers most of it. The season on Gould Lake follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Ownership and access are not documented in what we hold. Access points are not mapped for this water, which suits people who like quiet. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. For a change of water, Otter Lake is 1 km distant. Check the position on Gould Lake before loading the car.