Little Long Lake in Timiskaming District: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Little Long Lake stands in Timiskaming District, Ontario. The surface lies 274 metres up. At roughly 3 hectares, the whole thing is within casting reach of a single walk. It is a small entry by Timiskaming District standards. Kirkland Lake is the closest town at 20 km. For a city, Greater Sudbury is 191 km off. No boundary runs near, so the local rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on Little Long Lake

  Our records hold no depth for this water. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Records held for Timiskaming District cover brook trout, northern pike and yellow perch. The county list is broader than any single water. The shape of Little Long Lake decides where the fish sit.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 17°C; the cold one sits at -17°C. Winter puts a hard lid on this one. Winter locks it down, and early May brings it back. In an average year the thaw lands around early May and the freeze near mid November. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. Little Long Lake fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. Nothing formal is recorded here: no ramp, no car park, no marked path. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Take the rules with you rather than trusting memory. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Sawdust Lake, 3.2 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Confirm before you fish Little Long Lake.