Reeve Lake, Ontario: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  The Timiskaming District entry here is Reeve Lake, in Ontario. This is lake country bush ground. At roughly 5 hectares, the whole thing is within casting reach of a single walk. On size it sits at the modest end of our Timiskaming District list. You are 74 km from Englehart. The big place round here is Greater Sudbury, 125 km distant. Not far off: Dobie Lake at 0.7 km, Paw Lake (0.8 km), Brennan Lake at 1.1 km, Long Lake (1.4 km) and Crawford Lake at 1.9 km. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Reeve Lake

  Nothing we hold settles how deep this runs. 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. Reported across Timiskaming District: brook trout, northern pike and yellow perch. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Fish Reeve Lake where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 17°C; the cold one sits at -16°C. Seasons are distinct, and each one fishes differently. Count the season from break-up, usually early May. The water is typically free of ice between early May and mid November. From the thaw to midsummer the fishing improves week by week. Anyone fishing Reeve Lake regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, so treat access as rough. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. Should this one be busy, Dobie Lake is 0.7 km off. Nothing on Reeve Lake should be assumed from this page alone.