Lloyd Lake Fishing in Cochrane District, Ontario

• Overview

  Lloyd Lake lies in Cochrane District, in Ontario. The setting is pine and birch. Roughly 21 hectares: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. Roughly 3.0 km of bank means you can walk to a fresh area when one goes quiet. Nearest place of any size is Iroquois Falls, 24 km away. The nearest city of size is Greater Sudbury, 235 km away. No county line comes close, which keeps the paperwork simple.

• Where to Fish on Lloyd Lake

  Depth is unmeasured here, so let the shoreline guide you. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Survey and observation records for Cochrane District include northern pike, yellow perch and white sucker. The county figures include rivers and lakes alike. Anyone new to Lloyd Lake should walk it once before setting up.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Temperature averages peak at 17°C in July and bottom out at -18°C in January. Winter closes the water for a while, and the reopening is worth catching. Once it clears, about early May, the fishing comes on quickly. Open water usually runs from early May until about mid November. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. On Lloyd Lake that shapes the whole year.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, so treat access as rough. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. For a change of water, Galloway Lake is 4.5 km distant. The position on Lloyd Lake is worth confirming on the day.