Long Lake Fishing in Timiskaming District, Ontario

• Overview

  Ontario holds Long Lake, in Timiskaming District. Everything around it is rolling bush. It measures about 33 hectares, which is a comfortable size for bank fishing. There is roughly 3.9 km of shoreline here, which is a short walk end to end. Englehart sits 75 km from here and is the nearest stop. Greater Sudbury sits 125 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.

• Where to Fish on Long Lake

  No figure exists for depth, so let the water show you. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Open biodiversity records for Timiskaming District list brook trout, northern pike, yellow perch, Iowa darter and walleye. The county list is broader than any single water. Read Long Lake for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 17°C at the top of summer and -16°C at the bottom of winter. Cold winters and warm summers give a wide working range. Hard cover is dependable here; it goes around early May. Averages place the thaw at early May and the freeze at mid November. September and October fish steadily right up to the freeze. Anyone fishing Long Lake regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Ownership and access are not documented in what we hold. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. No built facilities appear in mapping around this water. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. Paw Lake, 0.8 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Check the position at Long Lake before loading the car.