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

• Overview

  Kangaroo Lake is one of the Thunder Bay District listings for Ontario. The surroundings are mixed forest. With some 17 hectares of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. About 4.8 km of bank, so nothing stays unexplored for long. For a base, Sioux Lookout sits 109 km out. Thunder Bay is the closest city, 224 km away. No county line comes close, which keeps the paperwork simple.

• Where to Fish on Kangaroo Lake

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Fish documented in Thunder Bay District include cisco, blackfin cisco, rainbow smelt and bloater. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. On Kangaroo Lake that means starting tight and working out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  On the long-term average, July reads 17°C and January reads -20°C. A solid cap is the normal state through winter. Ice-out usually falls in early May, and the weeks after it fish hardest. The water is typically free of ice between early May and mid November. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. That is the shape of the year on Kangaroo Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. There is no mapped parking or launch nearby, which keeps numbers down. A light spinning outfit with a small box of lures and some bait covers most of what swims here. Read any posted signs at the access point rather than assuming. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. If the gate is shut, Wallaby Lake at 0.9 km is the nearest alternative. Nothing on Kangaroo Lake should be assumed from this page alone.