Streatfeild Lake in Cochrane District: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Streatfeild Lake is one of the Cochrane District waters in Ontario. Taiga runs right down to the water. This is big water, about 20.80 sq km, and in a wind it behaves like a small sea. You are looking at roughly 22 km of shoreline, with plenty of water between access points. It is among the larger waters listed here for Cochrane District. The closest town, Attawapiskat, is 252 km away. Thunder Bay is the closest city, 481 km away. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Streatfeild Lake

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Records held for Cochrane District cover northern pike, yellow perch, white sucker, Iowa darter and logperch. Take it as the county picture rather than a promise for this water. Fish Streatfeild Lake to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Temperature averages peak at 16°C in July and bottom out at -22°C in January. Water stays cold even at the height of the year. Break-up comes around mid May, and the run that follows is short and strong. Break-up near mid May, freeze-up near early November: that is the shape of an average year. Late spring and early autumn carry the year between them. Streatfeild Lake runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  No access rule appears in what we hold. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. No built facilities appear in mapping around this water. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Sebert Lake, 26 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Ask locally about Streatfeild Lake if anything is unclear.