Skynner Lake Fishing near Timmins, Ontario

• Overview

  The Cochrane District entry here is Skynner Lake, in Ontario. The water sits 300 metres up. It covers about 5 hectares, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. There is roughly 2.2 km of shoreline here, which is a short walk end to end. Our Cochrane District list holds plenty of bigger water. For a base, Timmins sits 3.7 km out. It is 218 km to Greater Sudbury, the nearest city. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Skynner Lake

  Depth remains unrecorded, so treat the first session as a survey. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Open biodiversity records for Cochrane District list northern pike, yellow perch, white sucker and Iowa darter. Records at county level tell you what is around, not what is stocked here. Treat Skynner Lake as a water to read rather than to cover.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Temperature averages peak at 18°C in July and bottom out at -18°C in January. Winter closes the water for a while, and the reopening is worth catching. Hard cover is dependable here; it goes around early May. The lid tends to go about early May and return around mid November. The weeks after the thaw and the ones before the freeze are the strongest. It holds true on Skynner Lake more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing on record says whether the bank is open or closed. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Look for a notice board at the entrance. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. For a change of water, McDonald Lake is 2.5 km distant. Nothing on Skynner Lake should be assumed from this page alone.