Princess Chain of Lakes Fishing Guide, Thunder Bay District, Ontario

• Overview

  Princess Chain of Lakes is one of the Thunder Bay District listings for Ontario. Around the bank it is spruce and muskeg. It covers about 6 hectares, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Thunder Bay District. The town to know is Greenstone, 61 km out. Further out sit Nipigon (69 km) and Geraldton (76 km). No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Princess Chain of Lakes

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Open biodiversity records for Thunder Bay District list cisco, blackfin cisco and rainbow smelt. The list covers the county rather than this water alone, so treat it as a guide. Princess Chain of Lakes repays a walk before the first cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-term averages put July at about 17°C and January near -20°C. This is a two-season water: locked, then wide open. Ice-out usually falls in early May, and the weeks after it fish hardest. Climate averages put the opening at about early May and the closing near mid November. Spring is short and heavy here; autumn is longer and steadier. On Princess Chain of Lakes the same rules apply, with local timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. Mapping shows no built access close by; expect to walk in from wherever you can leave the car. A light spinning outfit with a small box of lures and some bait covers most of what swims here. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Should this one be busy, Crater Lake is 2.4 km off. Where Princess Chain of Lakes is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.