Mitre Lake Fishing in Timiskaming District, Ontario

• Overview

  Set in Timiskaming District, Ontario, this is Mitre Lake. Around the bank it is lake country bush. It runs to roughly 17 hectares — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. Around 1.8 km of margin, front to back. Nearest place of any size is Timmins, 68 km away. For a city, Greater Sudbury is 156 km off. Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.

• Where to Fish on Mitre Lake

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Open biodiversity records for Timiskaming District list brook trout, northern pike and yellow perch. Read it as a county summary, not a water-by-water list. Fish Mitre Lake where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs -17°C to 17°C. A full turn of seasons, with the strongest sport on either side of summer. Winter fishing happens on the ice here, with open water back around early May. Going by climate averages, expect open water from about early May until roughly mid November. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. That shapes the year on Mitre Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether the bank is open is not something our records settle. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. Nothing is mapped in the way of a ramp or car park within a short radius. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Read any posted signs at the access point rather than assuming. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. If the gate is shut, Strange Lake at 0.6 km is the nearest alternative. Check the position at Mitre Lake before loading the car.