Fishing at Lychnis Lake, Thunder Bay District, Ontario

• Overview

  Lychnis Lake belongs to Thunder Bay District, Ontario. Height above sea level is 345 metres. Roughly 33 hectares: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. The full circuit measures close to 4.3 km on foot. Geraldton at 47 km is the nearest place to stop. For a city, Thunder Bay is 216 km off. Others within reach: Anthemis Lake at 2.6 km, Burrow Lake 3.1 km away, Eaglecrest Lake at 3.4 km, Aster Lake 3.4 km away and Little Pic Lake at 4.6 km. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Lychnis Lake

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Records held for Thunder Bay District cover cisco, blackfin cisco, rainbow smelt, bloater and shortjaw cisco. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Anyone new to Lychnis Lake should walk it once before setting up.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is -18°C to 16°C. Ice holds for a long stretch, so the open weeks matter more here than further south. Break-up comes around early May, and the run that follows is short and strong. Averages place the thaw at early May and the freeze at mid November. Late spring and early autumn carry the year between them. The season on Lychnis Lake rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Mapping is blank for access, so scout the approach before committing the car. A light spinning outfit with a small box of lures and some bait covers most of what swims here. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. Anthemis Lake, 2.6 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Nothing on Lychnis Lake should be assumed from this page alone.