South Triple Lake, Ontario: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Set in Cochrane District, South Triple Lake is an Ontario water. Height above sea level is 299 metres. For supplies, Iroquois Falls is 38 km out. Timmins is 39 km and Kirkland Lake 65 km. Also on the doorstep: Centre Triple Lake 0.3 km, North Triple Lake roughly 0.5 km, Heart Lake 1.1 km, Gibson Lake roughly 1.3 km and Doran's Lake 1.6 km. No boundary runs near, so the local rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on South Triple Lake

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Open biodiversity records for Cochrane District list northern pike, yellow perch, white sucker and Iowa darter. Records at this level tell you what is in the area. On South Triple Lake that means starting tight and working out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Temperature averages peak at 17°C in July and bottom out at -18°C in January. A hard winter is normal, and the thaw brings a strong few weeks. The open season starts with the thaw, near enough early May. Break-up sits around early May on average, with the water closing again about mid November. Fish feed hardest at the start and the close of the open season. That shapes the year on South Triple Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. Public data shows nothing built here, so treat the whole approach as informal. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. For a change of water, Centre Triple Lake is 0.3 km distant. Confirm before you fish South Triple Lake.