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

• Overview

  Scorpius Lake sits within Thunder Bay District in Ontario. The bank gives way to spruce and muskeg. This is a pocket water of some 9 hectares, and every part of it is reachable from the bank. Most waters listed here for Thunder Bay District are larger. Schreiber sits 32 km from the bank. After that come Terrace Bay at 43 km and Nipigon at 52 km. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Scorpius Lake

  Depth is not on record here, so the bank has to tell you. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Species logged across Thunder Bay District include cisco, blackfin cisco, rainbow smelt, bloater and shortjaw cisco. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. On Scorpius Lake the obvious spot is not always the productive one.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warmest month averages 16°C, the coldest about -17°C. This far north the hard season runs and runs. The open season starts with the thaw, near enough early May. Break-up near early May, freeze-up near mid November: that is the shape of an average year. Fish feed hardest at the start and the close of the open season. At Scorpius Lake the season follows that pattern closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. No car park, ramp or path is recorded within easy reach of the shore. A light spinning outfit with a small box of lures and some bait covers most of what swims here. Check locally before you travel, because a wasted drive is a long one. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. For a change of water, Libra Lake is 0.7 km distant. Treat access at Scorpius Lake as something to verify.