Pear Lake Fishing near Vermilion Bay, Ontario

• Overview

  Kenora District, Ontario, is where Pear Lake sits. It sits at 387 metres above sea level. It runs to roughly 47 hectares — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. Around 3.8 km of margin, front to back. The closest town, Vermilion Bay, is 32 km distant. The nearest city of size is Winnipeg, 296 km away. The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Pear Lake

  Our records hold no depth for this water. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Survey and observation records for Kenora District include northern pike, longnose sucker and white sucker. County records show what lives in the area; the local agency holds the water-by-water list. On Pear Lake a short move beats a long cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Typical July readings run about 18°C; by January the average is down near -18°C. Winter shuts things down for a spell, then spring reopens them fast. Once it clears, about late April, the fishing comes on quickly. Ice usually gives way near late April, and forms again about mid November. From the thaw to midsummer the fishing improves week by week. The season on Pear Lake follows the weather closely.

• 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. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. A wire trace and a big bright lure handle the pike; deep water asks for a heavier spoon. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Fifty Two Lake sits 2.6 km off and takes the overflow. Nothing here settles the position at Pear Lake for certain.