Fishing at Little Cameron Lake, Timiskaming District, Ontario

• Overview

  The Timiskaming District entry here is Little Cameron Lake, in Ontario. The bank is 329 metres above sea level. It runs to roughly 11 hectares — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. The whole outline is near 1.5 km, and most of it is walkable. You are 9.4 km from Kirkland Lake. For a city, Greater Sudbury is 205 km off. This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Little Cameron Lake

  We hold no survey for this water; read the slope of the shoreline instead. 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 brook trout, northern pike and yellow perch. Records at this level tell you what is in the area. Fish Little Cameron Lake where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Seasonal averages run from -17°C in January up to 17°C in July. Hard water is a season in its own right here. Break-up comes around early May, and the run that follows is short and strong. Ice usually gives way near early May, and forms again about mid November. Fish feed hardest at the start and the close of the open season. That shapes the year on Little Cameron Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. The map shows no ramp or car park nearby, so this is a walk-in water. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. Seely Lake, 0.9 km away, makes the obvious fallback. The position on Little Cameron Lake is worth confirming on the day.