Magneto Lake Fishing near Atikokan, Ontario

• Overview

  You will find Magneto Lake in Rainy River District, Ontario. Elevation runs to 427 metres. Surface area runs to about 3 hectares — small enough to read in one session. Our Rainy River District list holds plenty of bigger water. The nearest place of any size is Atikokan, 7.7 km away. After that come Ignace at 68 km and Ely at 103 km. No boundary runs near, so the local rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on Magneto Lake

  Depth is not on record here, so the bank has to tell you. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Public occurrence data for Rainy River District names northern pike, smallmouth bass and yellow perch. Take it as the county picture rather than a promise for this water. Magneto Lake fishes better once you know its edges.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages move between -17°C in January and 18°C in July. The year splits cleanly: hard water, then open water. Once it clears, about late April, the fishing comes on quickly. The season between ice runs from about late April to mid November. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. The season on Magneto Lake rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. Access points are not mapped for this water, which suits people who like quiet. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. Generator Lake at 0.3 km is the sensible second choice. None of that is settled for Magneto Lake in what we hold.