Hischuck Lake in Thunder Bay District: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Within Thunder Bay District, Ontario, you have Hischuck Lake. The bank gives way to northern bush. At about 56 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. There is roughly 4.5 km of shoreline here, which is a short walk end to end. Greenstone at 104 km is the nearest place to stop. Geraldton is 106 km away, with Longlac at 108 km. No boundary runs near, so the local rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on Hischuck Lake

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Records held for Thunder Bay District cover cisco, blackfin cisco, rainbow smelt, bloater and shortjaw cisco. Records at this level tell you what is in the area. At Hischuck Lake the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-run averages give July about 16°C and January about -21°C. Long winters and short summers set the pattern. Ice-out usually falls in early May, and the weeks after it fish hardest. Open water usually runs from early May until about early November. The middle of summer slows a little, with dawn and dusk carrying it. Hischuck Lake runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. Nothing is mapped in the way of a ramp or car park within a short radius. A light spinning outfit with a small box of lures and some bait covers most of what swims here. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. Should this one be busy, Tennant Lake is 6.9 km off. Treat Hischuck Lake as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.