Howard Lake Fishing Guide, Thunder Bay District, Ontario

• Overview

  Howard Lake lies in Thunder Bay District, in Ontario. It sits in taiga. At 2 hectares it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. Our Thunder Bay District list holds plenty of bigger water. For supplies, Longlac is 46 km out. Geraldton lies 52 km off, Greenstone another 57 km. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Howard Lake

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Public occurrence data for Thunder Bay District names cisco, blackfin cisco, rainbow smelt and bloater. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Work Howard Lake in sections rather than trying to cover it.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 16°C in July and bottoms out near -20°C in January. Open water is the exception rather than the rule here. Firm cover through the cold months, then open water from early May. Climate figures give an open season running early May to mid November. Spring is short and heavy here; autumn is longer and steadier. The season on Howard Lake rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access status is simply unknown for this water. 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. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Failing this one, try Rounds Lake, 1.9 km away. Confirm before you fish Howard Lake.