Icarus Lake Fishing Guide, Thunder Bay District, Ontario

• Overview

  Ontario holds Icarus Lake, in Thunder Bay District. Around the bank it is pine and birch. The water covers around 6.87 sq km, which puts most of it out of reach from the bank. With about 27 km of shoreline, local advice saves a lot of walking. It ranks high for size among our Thunder Bay District listings. Grand Marais sits 55 km from the bank. Thunder Bay is the closest city, 99 km away. Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.

• Where to Fish on Icarus Lake

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. 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 and rainbow smelt. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Icarus Lake gives up its fish to patience rather than distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-term averages put July at about 18°C and January near -16°C. Fishing here follows the temperature more than the calendar. Once it clears, about late April, the fishing comes on quickly. Going by climate averages, expect open water from about late April until roughly mid November. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. Plan around that when you fish Icarus Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  There is no clear statement anywhere on who can fish it. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Mapping shows an empty shoreline: no ramp, no jetty, no marked entry. Keep the gear simple: light line, small hooks, split shot and a couple of proven lures. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Madalaine Lake, 3.1 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Nothing on Icarus Lake should be assumed from this page alone.