Fishing Second Lake in Thunder Bay District, Ontario

• Overview

  Ontario holds Second Lake, in Thunder Bay District. Country round the bank runs to spruce and muskeg. With some 12 hectares of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. About 2.4 km of bank, so nothing stays unexplored for long. Most waters listed here for Thunder Bay District are larger. The closest town, Schreiber, is 41 km distant. Thunder Bay is the closest city, 154 km away. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Second Lake

  We hold no survey for this water; read the slope of the shoreline instead. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Across Thunder Bay District, recorded fish include cisco, blackfin cisco, rainbow smelt, bloater and shortjaw cisco. It is the county picture; the agency list is water-specific. Second Lake gives up its fish to patience rather than distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July runs about 16°C on average, January about -18°C. The freeze holds for the better part of the year. Expect a solid lid for months and a thaw around early May. In an average year the thaw lands around early May and the freeze near mid November. The middle of summer slows a little, with dawn and dusk carrying it. The season on Second Lake rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, so treat access as rough. Read any posted signs at the access point rather than assuming. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. The nearest alternative is MacAdam Lake, 3.3 km out. For Second Lake, the notice at the access point is the final word.