Fishing at Stillwater Lake, Thunder Bay District, Ontario

• Overview

  Stillwater Lake is listed under Thunder Bay District, Ontario. Elevation runs to 350 metres. With some 14 hectares of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. The whole outline is near 2.2 km, and most of it is walkable. Our Thunder Bay District list holds plenty of bigger water. Head to Nipigon, 10 km away, for anything you forgot. Thunder Bay sits 96 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Stillwater Lake

  We hold no depth figure for this one. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Fish documented in Thunder Bay District include cisco, blackfin cisco and rainbow smelt. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. On Stillwater Lake the obvious spot is not always the productive one.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July to average close to 17°C, with January the cold end at about -17°C. Winter runs most of the calendar, and everything worth doing happens in the gap. The lid usually sets by midwinter and gives way 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. Keep it in mind when planning a trip to Stillwater Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, so treat access as rough. Keep the gear simple: light line, small hooks, split shot and a couple of proven lures. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Should this one be busy, Shoepac Lake is 3 km off. Nothing on Stillwater Lake should be assumed from this page alone.