Miner Lake Fishing near Amethyst Harbour, Ontario

• Overview

  Miner Lake belongs to Thunder Bay District, Ontario. The surroundings are northern bush. This is a pocket water of some 5 hectares, and every part of it is reachable from the bank. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Thunder Bay District. For supplies, Amethyst Harbour is 34 km out. Thunder Bay sits 65 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Miner Lake

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Public occurrence data for Thunder Bay District names cisco, blackfin cisco, rainbow smelt, bloater and shortjaw cisco. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. At Miner Lake the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-term averages put July at about 17°C and January near -16°C. A short, intense season is the rule this far north. Count the season from break-up, usually late April. Climate figures give an open season running late April to mid November. September and October fish steadily right up to the freeze. The season on Miner Lake rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Ownership and access are not documented in what we hold. The car has to stay 1.1 km away, which shapes how much tackle you bring. A pier 1.1 km from here gives a platform over deeper water. A toilet block sits 1.3 km away. One rod, a handful of hooks and floats, and a few small lures are enough for this water. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. For a change of water, Fall Lake is 0.7 km distant. Nothing on Miner Lake should be assumed from this page alone.