Little Waldrif Lake Fishing Guide, Thunder Bay District, Ontario

• Overview

  In Ontario, Little Waldrif Lake falls inside Thunder Bay District. The setting is mixed forest. Surface area is around 17 hectares, which gives you real water without needing a boat. The full circuit measures close to 1.9 km on foot. Compared with other Ontario water on our list, it sits high. The nearest place of any size is Ignace, 45 km away. Thunder Bay sits 182 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Little Waldrif Lake

  We hold no depth figure for this one. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Fish documented in Thunder Bay District include cisco, blackfin cisco, rainbow smelt, bloater and shortjaw cisco. County records show what lives in the area; the local agency holds the water-by-water list. Read Little Waldrif Lake for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  On the long-term average, July reads 18°C and January reads -20°C. Winter closes the water for a while, and the reopening is worth catching. Count the season from break-up, usually early May. The water is typically free of ice between early May and mid November. The middle of summer slows a little, with dawn and dusk carrying it. The season on Little Waldrif Lake follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. There is no mapped parking or launch nearby, which keeps numbers down. Keep the gear simple: light line, small hooks, split shot and a couple of proven lures. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Access can change hands, so last year's answer may not hold. Marchant Lake, 3.6 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Nothing on Little Waldrif Lake should be assumed from this page alone.