Reid Lake in Timiskaming District: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Out in Timiskaming District, Ontario, sits Reid Lake. The ground round it is rolling bush. It covers about 5 hectares, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. It is a small entry by Timiskaming District standards. You are 11 km from Temiskaming Shores. Haileybury is 12 km away, with Saint-Bruno-de-Guigues at 27 km. Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.

• Where to Fish on Reid 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. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Open biodiversity records for Timiskaming District list brook trout, northern pike, yellow perch and Iowa darter. Records at this level tell you what is in the area. Reid Lake gives up its fish to patience rather than distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 18°C and January at -16°C. The year runs cold to warm and back, with clear transitions. Once it clears, about late April, the fishing comes on quickly. Average temperatures cross freezing around late April in spring and again near late November in autumn. Late spring and early autumn carry the year between them. The season on Reid Lake follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  The access position is unclear from public sources. No built facilities appear in mapping around this water. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. George Lake sits 1.2 km off and takes the overflow. Nothing on Reid Lake should be assumed from this page alone.