Greenwater Lake Fishing in Thunder Bay District, Ontario

• Overview

  Look for Greenwater Lake in Thunder Bay District, Ontario. The water sits 454 metres up. At roughly 37.60 sq km it ranks among the larger waters in the region. At about 87 km of edge, most people fish a single area and learn it well. Few waters listed in Thunder Bay District are bigger. Lappe lies 80 km from the water. Thunder Bay sits 90 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. The nearest edge is a long way off, so local rules apply throughout.

• Where to Fish on Greenwater Lake

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Species logged across Thunder Bay District include cisco, blackfin cisco, rainbow smelt and bloater. Take it as the county picture rather than a promise for this water. The near bank of Greenwater Lake is often the one people ignore.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July runs about 17°C on average, January about -17°C. Cold locks it up for a good stretch each year. Count the season from break-up, usually early May. The season between ice runs from about early May to mid November. Fish feed hardest at the start and the close of the open season. The season on Greenwater Lake follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  No access rule appears in what we hold. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. A light spinning outfit with a small box of lures and some bait covers most of what swims here. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Failing this one, try Harnden Lake, 4.6 km away. Signs at Greenwater Lake carry more weight than any list.