Scrub Lake, Ontario: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  This water sits in Thunder Bay District, Ontario. Height above sea level is 488 metres. At about 15 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. Roughly 2.1 km of bank means you can walk to a fresh area when one goes quiet. It is a small entry by Thunder Bay District standards. Ignace is the closest town at 99 km. Lappe is 100 km away, with Atikokan at 106 km. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Scrub Lake

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Thunder Bay District records list cisco, blackfin cisco, rainbow smelt, bloater and shortjaw cisco among the fish reported. Take it as the county picture rather than a promise for this water. Scrub Lake responds to conditions more than to tactics.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs -19°C to 17°C. Winter shuts the surface down for months. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about early May. Ice clears near early May and comes back about mid November in a typical year. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. On Scrub Lake the same rules apply, with local timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  There is no clear statement anywhere on who can fish it. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. 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. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. The nearest alternative is Windy Lake, 0.4 km out. Nothing here settles the position at Scrub Lake for certain.