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

• Overview

  You will find Nameiben Lake in Thunder Bay District, Ontario. The water sits 330 metres up. At 1.20 sq km this is proper open water rather than a pond. Some 16 km of bank gives room to move when the wind turns. Nipigon sits 140 km from here and is the nearest stop. Thunder Bay is the closest city, 196 km away. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Nameiben Lake

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Reported across Thunder Bay District: cisco, blackfin cisco, rainbow smelt and bloater. Records at county level tell you what is around, not what is stocked here. Take Nameiben Lake a stretch at a time.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Seasonal averages run from -20°C in January up to 17°C in July. The fishing year opens late and shuts early. Winter fishing happens on the ice here, with open water back around early May. Ice clears near early May and comes back about mid November in a typical year. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. Nameiben Lake fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. Nothing is mapped in the way of a ramp or car park within a short radius. One rod, a handful of hooks and floats, and a few small lures are enough for this water. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. For a change of water, Waweig Lake is 4.6 km distant. Treat access at Nameiben Lake as something to verify.