Longworth Lake, Ontario: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Longworth Lake is set in Thunder Bay District, Ontario. The water sits 388 metres up. Roughly 24 hectares: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. Some 5.0 km of bank gives room to move when the wind turns. Schreiber sits 5.4 km from here and is the nearest stop. Thunder Bay sits 155 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Longworth Lake

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Open biodiversity records for Thunder Bay District list cisco, blackfin cisco, rainbow smelt and bloater. Species recorded across the county may be limited to a few waters. At Longworth Lake light and wind decide more than tackle does.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warmest month averages 16°C, the coldest about -16°C. Cold dominates the year and the fishing works around it. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about early May. The water is typically free of ice between early May and mid November. The open run goes from the thaw to the freeze, and April through October covers most of it. The season on Longworth Lake rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. 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. Local rules can differ across the county line, so check where you stand. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. If the gate is shut, Umba Lake at 1.2 km is the nearest alternative. Rules at Longworth Lake are worth checking on the day.