Rounds Lake in Thunder Bay District: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Rounds Lake falls in Thunder Bay District, part of Ontario. The water sits 301 metres up. It measures about 17 hectares, which is a comfortable size for bank fishing. The full circuit measures close to 3.5 km on foot. For a base, Longlac sits 47 km out. Thunder Bay sits 271 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Rounds Lake

  Depth is unknown to us, and the shoreline is the better guide. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Records held for Thunder Bay District cover cisco, blackfin cisco, rainbow smelt and bloater. County data is a starting point rather than a guarantee. Treat Rounds Lake as a water to read rather than to cover.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 16°C in July and bottoms out near -20°C in January. Everything is compressed into the middle of the year. The freeze runs deep into the year, with break-up near early May. From about early May to around mid November, expect open water on the long-run figures. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. It holds true on Rounds Lake more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. Nothing in the way of made access shows up nearby: no ramp, no car park, no path. One rod, a handful of hooks and floats, and a few small lures are enough for this water. 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. Should this one be busy, Balkam Lake is 1.9 km off. Nothing on Rounds Lake should be assumed from this page alone.