Fishing Rhue Lake in Thunder Bay District, Ontario

• Overview

  Rhue Lake lies within the bounds of Thunder Bay District, Ontario. The setting is spruce and muskeg on every side. At about 66 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. There is roughly 3.6 km of shoreline here, which is a short walk end to end. The closest town, Longlac, is 130 km away. Then Geraldton, 133 km, and Greenstone, 133 km. No boundary runs near, so the local rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on Rhue Lake

  The records we hold are silent on depth, so plan to find it yourself. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. 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. Anyone new to Rhue Lake should walk it once before setting up.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 16°C; the cold one sits at -21°C. Ice holds for a long stretch, so the open weeks matter more here than further south. Count the season from break-up, usually early May. Open water usually runs from early May until about early November. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. That is the shape of the year on Rhue Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. One rod, a handful of hooks and floats, and a few small lures are enough for this water. Provincial rules still apply whatever the bank status. Access can change hands, so last year's answer may not hold. Spurge Lake, 6.9 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Treat access at Rhue Lake as something to verify.