Maggie's Lake near Timmins: Fishing Spots, Seasons and Access

• Overview

  Maggie's Lake belongs to Cochrane District, Ontario. What surrounds it is taiga. The water measures roughly 4 hectares, so nothing here is far from anything else. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Cochrane District. Timmins at 34 km is the nearest place to stop. Cochrane is 63 km away, with Smooth Rock Falls at 66 km. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Maggie's Lake

  We hold no depth figure for this one. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Cochrane District records list northern pike, yellow perch and white sucker among the fish reported. The county figures include rivers and lakes alike. The near bank of Maggie's Lake is often the one people ignore.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 17°C and January at -18°C. This far north the hard season runs and runs. Ice-out usually falls in early May, and the weeks after it fish hardest. Break-up sits around early May on average, with the water closing again about mid November. The open run goes from the thaw to the freeze, and April through October covers most of it. Keep it in mind when planning a trip to Maggie's Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  The access position is unclear from public sources. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Lower Footprint Lake, 2.1 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Confirm before you fish Maggie's Lake.