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

• Overview

  Within Timiskaming District, Ontario, you have Little Skull Lake. It sits at 353 metres above sea level. It covers about 4 hectares, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. Our Timiskaming District list holds plenty of bigger water. Temiskaming Shores sits 42 km from here and is the nearest stop. Greater Sudbury is the closest city, 125 km away. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Little Skull 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. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Across Timiskaming District, recorded fish include brook trout, northern pike, yellow perch, Iowa darter and walleye. The county list is broader than any single water. Read Little Skull Lake for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is -16°C to 17°C. The middle months are generous; the ends are demanding. Winter locks it down, and late April brings it back. Ice usually gives way near late April, and forms again about mid November. Fishing peaks soon after break-up and again before the cold returns. Little Skull Lake runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  No access rule appears in what we hold. Nothing built is recorded close to the bank here. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Check locally before you travel, because a wasted drive is a long one. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. Swampgrass Lake, 1 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Check the position on Little Skull Lake before loading the car.