Fishing Lally Lake in Thunder Bay District, Ontario

• Overview

  Lally Lake lies within the bounds of Thunder Bay District, Ontario. The water sits 378 metres up. At about 44 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. About 3.7 km of bank, so nothing stays unexplored for long. For supplies, Greenstone is 22 km out. It is 202 km to Thunder Bay, the nearest city. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Lally Lake

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Open biodiversity records for Thunder Bay District list cisco, blackfin cisco, rainbow smelt and bloater. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. At Lally Lake light and wind decide more than tackle does.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-term averages put July at about 16°C and January near -19°C. The season is measured in weeks rather than months. Winter locks it down, and early May brings it back. From about early May to around mid November, expect open water on the long-run figures. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. That is the shape of the year on Lally Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. There is no mapped parking or launch close by, which usually means walking in. Keep the gear simple: light line, small hooks, split shot and a couple of proven lures. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Keep proof of licence with you rather than in the car. Jewell Lake, 0.8 km away, makes the obvious fallback. What applies at Lally Lake may have changed since it was mapped.