Lois Lake near Kirkland Lake: Fishing Spots, Seasons and Access

• Overview

  Lois Lake belongs to Timiskaming District, Ontario. It stands 320 metres above sea level. At about 22 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. The edge runs 2.3 km or so, easy to work in an afternoon. Nearest town is Kirkland Lake, 6.6 km off. Englehart is 41 km away, with Temiskaming Shores at 80 km. The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Lois Lake

  No published figure covers depth, so learn it as you fish. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Records held for Timiskaming District cover brook trout, northern pike and yellow perch. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Read Lois Lake for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July is the warm end of the year here, averaging about 17°C, while January sits near -17°C. Hard water is a season in its own right here. Ice-out usually falls in early May, and the weeks after it fish hardest. On average, early May opens the water and mid November closes it again. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. Lois Lake runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  There is no clear statement anywhere on who can fish it. 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. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. A phone call first saves an afternoon. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. Armer Lake, 2.4 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Check the position at Lois Lake before loading the car.