Fishing at Kassagimini Lake, Thunder Bay District, Ontario

• Overview

  Kassagimini Lake is a Thunder Bay District water, Ontario side. The bank is 275 metres above sea level. The water covers around 2.66 sq km, which puts most of it out of reach from the bank. The perimeter runs near 11 km, so plan the walk before you start. It ranks high for size among our Thunder Bay District listings. You are 49 km from Longlac. For a city, Thunder Bay is 288 km off. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Kassagimini Lake

  We hold no survey for this water; read the slope of the shoreline instead. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Thunder Bay District records list cisco, blackfin cisco, rainbow smelt, bloater and shortjaw cisco among the fish reported. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. At Kassagimini Lake the water rewards a slow, careful approach.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 16°C; the cold one sits at -19°C. The ice season is long here and the open one short. The lid usually goes in early May, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. Climate figures give an open season running early May to mid November. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. Kassagimini Lake runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. Nothing is mapped in the way of a ramp or car park within a short radius. Keep the gear simple: light line, small hooks, split shot and a couple of proven lures. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. Little Kassagimini Lake, 3.6 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Check the current arrangement for Kassagimini Lake.