Lucy Lake Fishing in Thunder Bay District, Ontario

• Overview

  You will find Lucy Lake in Thunder Bay District, Ontario. The water sits 327 metres up. Roughly 7.25 sq km of surface: treat each bay as a water in its own right. Shoreline length is close to 18 km, and each section fishes a little differently. It is among the larger waters listed here for Thunder Bay District. Some 65 km away sits Greenstone, the nearest settlement. Thunder Bay is the closest city, 263 km away. Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.

• Where to Fish on Lucy Lake

  We hold no depth figure for this one. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Species logged across Thunder Bay District include cisco, blackfin cisco, rainbow smelt, bloater and shortjaw cisco. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. Fish Lucy Lake where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages move between -20°C in January and 16°C in July. Winter owns most of the year at this latitude. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about early May. The lid tends to go about early May and return around mid November. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. Lucy Lake runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. There is no mapped parking or launch close by, which usually means walking in. Keep the gear simple: light line, small hooks, split shot and a couple of proven lures. Bank access can be seasonal on ground like this. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Should this one be busy, Mills Lake is 3.3 km off. Nothing on Lucy Lake should be assumed from this page alone.