McMurtry Lake Fishing Guide, Timiskaming District, Ontario

• Overview

  McMurtry Lake stands in Timiskaming District, Ontario. The setting is lake country bush on every side. The water covers some 13 hectares, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. The bank runs about 2.6 km all the way round, so one visit can cover most of it. Start from Kirkland Lake, 5.4 km down the road. Englehart is 32 km away, with Temiskaming Shores at 71 km. The nearest edge is a long way off, so local rules apply throughout.

• Where to Fish on McMurtry Lake

  Nothing we hold settles how deep this runs. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Fish documented in Timiskaming District include brook trout, northern pike, yellow perch, Iowa darter and walleye. Read it as a county summary, not a water-by-water list. On McMurtry Lake that means starting tight and working out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  On the long-term average, July reads 18°C and January reads -17°C. Spring and autumn carry the fishing; summer and winter test it. The lid usually goes in early May, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. On the long-run averages the water opens up around early May and starts locking again about mid November. Late spring and early autumn carry the year between them. It sets the rhythm of the year at McMurtry Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Parking is often the real limit rather than the bank itself. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. Should this one be busy, Bostebel Lake is 1.2 km off. Nothing here settles the position at McMurtry Lake for certain.