Potash Lake Fishing Guide, Thunder Bay District, Ontario

• Overview

  Thunder Bay District, Ontario, is where Potash Lake sits. It sits at 463 metres above sea level. At about 45 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. Bank access stretches around 2.6 km in total. By elevation it is in the upper part of our Ontario listings. For supplies, Lappe is 75 km out. It is 92 km to Thunder Bay, the nearest city. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Potash Lake

  Open data we checked carries no depth for this water. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Across Thunder Bay District, recorded fish include cisco, blackfin cisco, rainbow smelt, bloater and shortjaw cisco. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. Read Potash Lake before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 18°C at the top of summer and -18°C at the bottom of winter. Seasons are distinct, and each one fishes differently. The lid usually sets by midwinter and gives way around early May. Averages suggest open water from about early May through to roughly mid November. The middle of summer slows a little, with dawn and dusk carrying it. The season on Potash Lake rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. Nothing is listed nearby for parking or launching a boat. One rod, a handful of hooks and floats, and a few small lures are enough for this water. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. Failing this one, try Oistrach Lake, 4.2 km away. What applies at Potash Lake may have changed since it was mapped.