Fishing Little Southbear Lake in Timiskaming District, Ontario

• Overview

  The Timiskaming District end of Ontario holds Little Southbear Lake. Around the bank it is pine and birch. Surface area is around 41 hectares, which gives you real water without needing a boat. The whole outline is near 3.5 km, and most of it is walkable. The closest town, Englehart, is 61 km distant. After that come Temiskaming Shores at 64 km and Haileybury at 70 km. Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.

• Where to Fish on Little Southbear Lake

  We hold no depth figure for this one. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Survey and observation records for Timiskaming District include brook trout, northern pike and yellow perch. Records at county level tell you what is around, not what is stocked here. Anyone new to Little Southbear Lake should walk it once before setting up.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The year swings from about -17°C in January to roughly 17°C in July. Cold locks it up for a good stretch each year. The lid usually goes in early May, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. The lid tends to go about early May and return around mid November. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. Little Southbear Lake runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Southbear Lake at 1.2 km is the sensible second choice. Confirm access to Little Southbear Lake locally before you travel.