Stire Lake Fishing in Kenora District, Ontario

• Overview

  Stire Lake is a Kenora District water, Ontario side. The water sits 367 metres up. Roughly 74 hectares: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. The full circuit measures close to 4.2 km on foot. The town to know is Greenstone, 206 km out. Sioux Lookout is 216 km away, with Geraldton at 218 km. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Stire Lake

  Depth is not on record here, so the bank has to tell you. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Across Kenora District, recorded fish include northern pike, longnose sucker and white sucker. Records at county level tell you what is around, not what is stocked here. At Stire Lake the water rewards a slow, careful approach.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warmest month averages 16°C, the coldest about -21°C. This is a two-season water: locked, then wide open. Winter fishing happens on the ice here, with open water back around early May. Expect the water usable from around early May until roughly early November. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. Plan around that when you fish Stire Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. Mapping records no facilities at all near this water. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Read any posted signs at the access point rather than assuming. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. If the gate is shut, Hayton Lake at 9.8 km is the nearest alternative. Treat Stire Lake as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.