Renaud Lake Fishing in Thunder Bay District, Ontario

• Overview

  Look for Renaud Lake in the Thunder Bay District part of Ontario. The setting is boreal forest. Around 31 hectares of surface means several distinct areas to work. There is roughly 4.1 km of shoreline here, which is a short walk end to end. Geraldton at 43 km is the nearest place to stop. The big place round here is Thunder Bay, 199 km distant. No county line comes close, which keeps the paperwork simple.

• Where to Fish on Renaud Lake

  Depth figures are not published for this one. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Public occurrence data for Thunder Bay District names cisco, blackfin cisco and rainbow smelt. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Renaud Lake fishes better once you know its edges.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 16°C; the cold one sits at -18°C. The freeze holds for the better part of the year. After early May the shallows warm and the fish move up. On the long-run averages the water opens up around early May and starts locking again about mid November. Fishing peaks soon after break-up and again before the cold returns. Renaud Lake fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether the bank is open is not something our records settle. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. Nothing formal is recorded here: no ramp, no car park, no marked path. One rod, a handful of hooks and floats, and a few small lures are enough for this water. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Trish Lake at 2.7 km is the sensible second choice. None of that is settled for Renaud Lake in what we hold.