Long Tent Bay Fishing in Kenora District, Ontario

• Overview

  Look for Long Tent Bay in Kenora District, Ontario. Country round the bank runs to lake country bush. Surface area runs to some 13.56 sq km, so a boat and a plan are both worth having. The perimeter is close to 55 km, and wind can be flat in one arm and rough in the next. It ranks high for size among our Kenora District listings. Start from Kenora, 15 km down the road. The big place round here is Winnipeg, 204 km distant. This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Long Tent Bay

  No figure exists for depth, so let the water show you. Oyster and old piling give the only hard structure in sight. Slack water is dead water on a place like this. Fish documented in Kenora District include northern pike, longnose sucker and white sucker. The county figures include rivers and lakes alike. Fish Long Tent Bay where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Between January at about -17°C and July at about 19°C, the water has a wide range to work through. Winter puts a hard lid on this one. Winter locks it down, and late April brings it back. Expect the water usable from around late April until roughly mid November. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. Plan any trip to Long Tent Bay around it.

• Tackle & Baits

  There is no clear statement anywhere on who can fish it. There is no mapped parking or launch close by, which usually means walking in. For the pike, wire up and throw larger lures along the weed edges. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. For a change of water, Lount Lake is 1.2 km distant. None of that is settled for Long Tent Bay in what we hold.