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

• Overview

  Reba Lake sits within Thunder Bay District in Ontario. The ground round it is rolling bush. It runs to roughly 35 hectares — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. Shoreline comes to about 3.7 km, small enough to learn in a day. By elevation it is in the upper part of our Ontario listings. The nearest town is Ignace, 49 km away. The big place round here is Thunder Bay, 176 km distant. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Reba Lake

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Survey and observation records for Thunder Bay District include cisco, blackfin cisco, rainbow smelt, bloater and shortjaw cisco. Take it as the county picture rather than a promise for this water. At Reba Lake the water rewards a slow, careful approach.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 18°C and January at -19°C. Expect a real winter and a strong spring after it. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about early May. On the long-run averages the water opens up around early May and starts locking again about mid November. Spring is short and heavy here; autumn is longer and steadier. Anyone fishing Reba Lake regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. No made access is recorded, so a short walk in is the likely arrangement. A light spinning outfit with a small box of lures and some bait covers most of what swims here. Check whether a boat is allowed before you tow one. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Ted Lake at 2.1 km is the sensible second choice. Nothing on Reba Lake should be assumed from this page alone.