Shallow Lake Fishing in Cochrane District, Ontario

• Overview

  Shallow Lake is listed under Cochrane District, Ontario. It stands 226 metres above sea level. At 1.02 sq km this is proper open water rather than a pond. Roughly 4.7 km of bank means you can walk to a fresh area when one goes quiet. It ranks high for size among our Cochrane District listings. Hearst sits 28 km from here and is the nearest stop. Further out sit Kapuskasing (67 km) and Hornepayne (118 km). There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Shallow Lake

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Survey and observation records for Cochrane District include northern pike, yellow perch, white sucker, Iowa darter and logperch. Read it as a county summary, not a water-by-water list. Shallow Lake gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Temperature averages peak at 17°C in July and bottom out at -19°C in January. This far north the hard season runs and runs. Expect a solid lid for months and a thaw around early May. Averages place the thaw at early May and the freeze at mid November. From the thaw to midsummer the fishing improves week by week. Time your trip to Shallow Lake by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether the bank is open is not something our records settle. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. Nothing built is recorded close to the bank here. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Failing this one, try Lac a Brouard, 4 km away. None of that is settled for Shallow Lake in what we hold.