Fishing High Falls Lake in Timiskaming District, Ontario

• Overview

  High Falls Lake is a Timiskaming District water, in Ontario. The surface lies 342 metres up. Surface area is around 37 hectares, which gives you real water without needing a boat. Around 4.3 km of margin, front to back. Nearest place of any size is Temiskaming Shores, 25 km away. Haileybury is 28 km away, with Ville-Marie at 42 km. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on High Falls Lake

  We hold no depth figure for this one. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Public occurrence data for Timiskaming District names brook trout, northern pike, yellow perch and Iowa darter. County records show what lives in the area; the local agency holds the water-by-water list. At High Falls Lake the water rewards a slow, careful approach.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July is the warm end of the year here, averaging about 18°C, while January sits near -16°C. Spring and autumn carry the fishing; summer and winter test it. Look for the thaw near late April; the fishing lifts straight after. Averages place the thaw at late April and the freeze at late November. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. High Falls Lake runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. Nothing built is recorded close to the bank here. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. Sonny Lake sits 1.7 km off and takes the overflow. Nothing on High Falls Lake should be assumed from this page alone.