Myrtle Lake in Timiskaming District: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Set in Timiskaming District, Myrtle Lake is an Ontario water. The surface lies 344 metres up. The water measures roughly 10 hectares, so nothing here is far from anything else. With about 1.4 km of edge, you can try several depths in one session. 74 km away sits Englehart, the nearest town. Greater Sudbury sits 130 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Myrtle Lake

  Depth is unmeasured here, so let the shoreline guide you. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Survey and observation records for Timiskaming District include brook trout, northern pike, yellow perch and Iowa darter. County data is a starting point rather than a guarantee. Myrtle Lake gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July is the warm end of the year here, averaging about 17°C, while January sits near -16°C. Four clear seasons, with a proper winter at one end. Expect a solid lid for months and a thaw around early May. Open water usually runs from early May until about mid November. Right after break-up, and again as the nights sharpen, is when to go. On Myrtle Lake that shapes the whole year.

• 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. There is no mapped parking or launch nearby, which keeps numbers down. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. A phone call first saves an afternoon. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. Gorman Lake, 1.8 km away, makes the obvious fallback. None of that is settled for Myrtle Lake in what we hold.