Fishing Jory Lake in Thunder Bay District, Ontario

• Overview

  You will find Jory Lake in Thunder Bay District, Ontario. Height above sea level is 336 metres. It measures about 52 hectares, which is a comfortable size for bank fishing. Bank access stretches around 3.5 km in total. Supplies mean a trip to Greenstone, 20 km off. Geraldton is 36 km away, with Longlac at 65 km. What else is close: Vezina Lake at 2 km, Delisle Lake within 2.4 km, Wichu Lake at 2.8 km, Daisy Lake within 3.3 km and Marline Lake at 3.5 km. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Jory Lake

  We hold no depth figure for this one. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Open biodiversity records for Thunder Bay District list cisco, blackfin cisco and rainbow smelt. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Take Jory Lake a stretch at a time.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate normals give 16°C for July and -20°C for January. The freeze holds for the better part of the year. Break-up comes around early May, and the run that follows is short and strong. The season between ice runs from about early May to mid November. September and October fish steadily right up to the freeze. Jory Lake runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public sources are silent on who controls the bank. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Mapping records no facilities at all near this water. A light spinning outfit with a small box of lures and some bait covers most of what swims here. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. Vezina Lake at 2 km is the sensible second choice. Where Jory Lake is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.