Stork Lake in Thunder Bay District: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Stork Lake sits within Thunder Bay District in Ontario. The surface lies 317 metres up. Roughly 2.73 sq km of surface: treat each bay as a water in its own right. At about 17 km of edge, most people work one arm at a time. On our Thunder Bay District list it sits near the top for size. You are 122 km from Greenstone. Thunder Bay sits 256 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 Stork Lake

  Nothing in our records gives a depth for this one. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Reported across Thunder Bay District: cisco, blackfin cisco and rainbow smelt. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Fish Stork Lake where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 16°C in July and bottoms out near -20°C in January. The fishing year opens late and shuts early. Ice is part of the season here, ending near early May. The lid tends to go about early May and return around early November. Fish feed hardest at the start and the close of the open season. Expect Stork Lake to follow that timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether the bank is open is not something our records settle. 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. A light spinning outfit with a small box of lures and some bait covers most of what swims here. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. Should this one be busy, Sunglow Lake is 3.9 km off. Treat Stork Lake as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.