Mosquito Lake in Thunder Bay District: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Thunder Bay District, Ontario, is where Mosquito Lake sits. Beyond the shoreline you have northern bush. With some 17 hectares of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. About 1.6 km of bank, so nothing stays unexplored for long. The nearest place of any size is Longlac, 19 km away. After that come Geraldton at 25 km and Greenstone at 40 km. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Mosquito Lake

  Our records hold no depth for this water. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Public occurrence data for Thunder Bay District names cisco, blackfin cisco, rainbow smelt, bloater and shortjaw cisco. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. On Mosquito Lake the quiet end is the one worth the extra effort.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages move between -19°C in January and 16°C in July. The freeze holds for the better part of the year. Hard cover is dependable here; it goes around early May. Climate figures give an open season running early May to mid November. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. Anyone fishing Mosquito Lake regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. There is no mapped parking or launch close by, which usually means walking in. Keep the gear simple: light line, small hooks, split shot and a couple of proven lures. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. The nearest alternative is Rod Lake, 0.9 km out. What applies at Mosquito Lake may have changed since it was mapped.