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

• Overview

  Koandowango Lake lies in Thunder Bay District, Ontario. It lies 325 metres above sea level. About 1.61 sq km, so local knowledge or a boat saves a lot of walking. Shoreline length is close to 13 km, and each section fishes a little differently. Size puts it in the front rank of our Thunder Bay District list. For supplies, Longlac is 36 km out. Thunder Bay sits 265 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Koandowango Lake

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Fish documented in Thunder Bay District include cisco, blackfin cisco, rainbow smelt, bloater and shortjaw cisco. County data is a starting point rather than a guarantee. Koandowango Lake responds to conditions more than to tactics.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 16°C in July and bottoms out near -18°C in January. Winter runs most of the calendar, and everything worth doing happens in the gap. Hard water holds through the cold months, breaking up near early May. Climate figures give an open season running early May to mid November. Late spring and early autumn carry the year between them. On Koandowango Lake the same rules apply, with local timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access status is simply unknown for this water. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. Public mapping records no formal access here, so plan for a walk and soft ground. One rod, a handful of hooks and floats, and a few small lures are enough for this water. Check whether a boat is allowed before you tow one. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. For a change of water, Durn Lake is 2.1 km distant. What applies at Koandowango Lake may have changed since it was mapped.