Fishing at Spring Lake, Rainy River District, Ontario

• Overview

  You will find Spring Lake in Rainy River District, Ontario. The bank is 367 metres above sea level. Roughly 38 hectares: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. With about 3.9 km of edge, you can try several depths in one session. The nearest place of any size is Emo, 32 km away. Winnipeg is the closest city, 263 km away. No county line comes close, which keeps the paperwork simple.

• Where to Fish on Spring Lake

  Nothing we hold settles how deep this runs. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Survey and observation records for Rainy River District include northern pike, smallmouth bass and yellow perch. The county figures include rivers and lakes alike. At Spring Lake the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Temperature averages peak at 19°C in July and bottom out at -17°C in January. Expect a real winter and a strong spring after it. Once it clears, about late April, the fishing comes on quickly. On the long-run averages the water opens up around late April and starts locking again about mid November. Fishing peaks soon after break-up and again before the cold returns. The season on Spring Lake rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access status is simply unknown for this water. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. No made access is recorded, so a short walk in is the likely arrangement. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Parking is often the real limit rather than the bank itself. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Failing this one, try Preachers Lake, 1.2 km away. Check the position on Spring Lake before loading the car.