Red Paint Lake, Ontario: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Set in Thunder Bay District, Ontario, this is Red Paint Lake. Taiga runs right down to the water. The water covers some 14 hectares, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. The whole outline is near 2.5 km, and most of it is walkable. Our Thunder Bay District list holds plenty of bigger water. You are 58 km from Greenstone. Thunder Bay sits 247 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Red Paint Lake

  There is no published depth for this one, so start shallow and work out. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Species logged across Thunder Bay District include cisco, blackfin cisco, rainbow smelt, bloater and shortjaw cisco. County data is a starting point rather than a guarantee. On Red Paint Lake the first feature you find is usually worth a session.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate records put July near 16°C and January near -20°C. The ice season is long here and the open one short. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about early May. Open water usually runs from early May until about mid November. From the thaw to midsummer the fishing improves week by week. Expect Red Paint Lake to follow that timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  No access rule appears in what we hold. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Mapping records no facilities at all near this water. A light spinning outfit with a small box of lures and some bait covers most of what swims here. Parking space is the usual limit rather than the bank itself. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. Wilgar Lake, 0.7 km away, makes the obvious fallback. What applies at Red Paint Lake may have changed since it was mapped.