Mold Lake Fishing Guide, Kenora District, Ontario

• Overview

  Kenora District, Ontario, is where Mold Lake sits. Elevation runs to 406 metres. With some 48 hectares of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. The full circuit measures close to 4.2 km on foot. The nearest town is Dryden, 37 km away. It is 309 km to Thunder Bay, the nearest city. Round about: Sunstrum Lake 4.5 km, Route Lake just 4.8 km, Bonanza Lake 5.1 km, Coronary Lake just 5.7 km and Ludy Lake 5.7 km. Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.

• Where to Fish on Mold Lake

  Nothing we hold settles how deep this runs. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Reported across Kenora District: northern pike, longnose sucker, white sucker, johnny darter and logperch. County data is a starting point rather than a guarantee. At Mold Lake light and wind decide more than tackle does.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is -18°C to 18°C. The season turns properly here, and fish follow it closely. Hard water holds through the cold months, breaking up near late April. Break-up near late April, freeze-up near mid November: that is the shape of an average year. Fish feed hardest at the start and the close of the open season. That shapes the year on Mold Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. No made access appears within a short radius, so plan to park on a verge and walk. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Access can change hands, so last year's answer may not hold. Sunstrum Lake, 4.5 km away, makes the obvious fallback. For Mold Lake, the notice at the access point is the final word.