Lucier Lake in Thunder Bay District: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Lucier Lake stands in Thunder Bay District, Ontario. It lies 404 metres above sea level. It measures about 76 hectares, which is a comfortable size for bank fishing. The outline measures near 7.0 km, so local knowledge counts. The nearest place of any size is Geraldton, 30 km away. The nearest city of size is Thunder Bay, 220 km away. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Lucier Lake

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Public occurrence data for Thunder Bay District names cisco, blackfin cisco, rainbow smelt and bloater. The county figures include rivers and lakes alike. Lucier Lake gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July is the warm end of the year here, averaging about 16°C, while January sits near -18°C. Cold dominates the year and the fishing works around it. After early May the shallows warm and the fish move up. Break-up near early May, freeze-up near mid November: that is the shape of an average year. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. The season on Lucier Lake rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing on record says whether the bank is open or closed. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. One rod, a handful of hooks and floats, and a few small lures are enough for this water. Season dates differ by species, so read the table. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Should this one be busy, Gallander Lake is 1.7 km off. Ask locally about Lucier Lake if anything is unclear.