Fishing at Pendant Lake, Thunder Bay District, Ontario

• Overview

  Set in Thunder Bay District, Pendant Lake is an Ontario water. Everything around it is spruce and muskeg. At about 51 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. Around 4.6 km of margin, front to back. The nearest town is Longlac, 35 km away. Manitouwadge is 60 km away, with Geraldton at 62 km. This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Pendant Lake

  Depth here is unknown, so count the lead down before committing. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Public occurrence data for Thunder Bay District names cisco, blackfin cisco, rainbow smelt, bloater and shortjaw cisco. Records at county level tell you what is around, not what is stocked here. Pendant Lake responds to conditions more than to tactics.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July to average close to 16°C, with January the cold end at about -18°C. The fishing year opens late and shuts early. Hard cover is dependable here; it goes around early May. Expect the water usable from around early May until roughly mid November. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. On Pendant Lake the same rules apply, with local timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. A light spinning outfit with a small box of lures and some bait covers most of what swims here. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. The nearest alternative is Caramat Lake, 3.2 km out. Check the current arrangement for Pendant Lake.