Fishing Kelly Creek in Timiskaming District, Ontario

• Overview

  This water sits in Timiskaming District, Ontario. The country here is northern bush. Timmins lies 44 km from the water. Greater Sudbury sits 207 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. If this one is busy: Crest Lake 4.3 km, Keefer Lake within 4.6 km, Cosgrove Lake 5.1 km, Norris Lake within 5.3 km and Beaucage Lake 5.5 km. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Kelly Creek

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. Slack water behind an obstruction is worth more than open current. Undercut banks hold fish that the middle of the river never will. Fish documented in Timiskaming District include brook trout, northern pike, yellow perch and Iowa darter. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. Work Kelly Creek in sections rather than trying to cover it.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 17°C and January at -17°C. Ice holds for a long stretch, so the open weeks matter more here than further south. Cold months ice the margins and pools; moving water stays workable, and everything opens by early May. Averages place the thaw at early May and the freeze at mid November. June through September is the settled part of the year, with the shoulders busier for fish. Anyone fishing Kelly Creek regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public sources are silent on who controls the bank. No car park, ramp or path is recorded within easy reach of the shore. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. Failing this one, try Crest Lake, 4.3 km away. For Kelly Creek in particular, ask before you travel.