Kindreds Lake, Ontario: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Kindreds Lake is a Thunder Bay District water, in Ontario. The country here is mixed forest. The water covers some 29 hectares, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. At about 5.5 km of edge, most people work one arm at a time. Compared with other Ontario water on our list, it sits high. You are 42 km from Grand Marais. For a city, Thunder Bay is 83 km off. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Kindreds Lake

  Nothing in our records gives a depth for this one. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Reported across Thunder Bay District: cisco, blackfin cisco, rainbow smelt, bloater and shortjaw cisco. Species recorded across the county may be limited to a few waters. Kindreds Lake fishes better once you know its edges.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-run averages give July about 18°C and January about -16°C. Fishing here follows the temperature more than the calendar. The lid usually sets by midwinter and gives way around early May. Open water usually runs from early May until about mid November. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. It sets the rhythm of the year at Kindreds Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  No access rule appears in what we hold. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. Public data shows nothing built here, so treat the whole approach as informal. A light spinning outfit with a small box of lures and some bait covers most of what swims here. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. Little Whitefish Lake sits 1.1 km off and takes the overflow. Where Kindreds Lake is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.