Fishing Lake Temagami in Nipissing District, Ontario

• Overview

  Look for Lake Temagami in Nipissing District, Ontario. What surrounds it is mixed forest. Haileybury sits 59 km from the bank. Temiskaming Shores is 60 km and Ville-Marie 61 km. Others within reach: Hillcrest Lake the better part of 2.2 km, Birch Lake lies 3.2 km on, Spout Lake the better part of 3.9 km, Secret Lake lies 4.8 km on and Indigo Lake the better part of 4.8 km. This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Lake Temagami

  Depth is not on record here, so the bank has to tell you. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. County-wide records name smallmouth bass, cisco and yellow perch. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. On Lake Temagami the obvious spot is not always the productive one.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July runs about 18°C on average, January about -15°C. The year splits cleanly: hard water, then open water. Hard water holds through the cold months, breaking up near late April. On the long-run averages the water opens up around late April and starts locking again about late November. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. Anyone fishing Lake Temagami regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. Mapping shows a campsite some 850 m from the water. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Failing this one, try Hillcrest Lake, 2.2 km away. Confirm before you fish Lake Temagami.