Fishing at Taylor Lake, Timiskaming District, Ontario

• Overview

  Taylor Lake lies in Timiskaming District, in Ontario. Everything around it is pine and birch. The water covers some 31 hectares, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. Roughly 3.3 km of bank means you can walk to a fresh area when one goes quiet. Some 92 km away sits Englehart, the nearest settlement. Capreol lies 95 km off, Temiskaming Shores another 99 km. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Taylor Lake

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Across Timiskaming District, recorded fish include brook trout, northern pike, yellow perch, Iowa darter and walleye. Records at this level tell you what is in the area. Anyone new to Taylor Lake should walk it once before setting up.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 17°C; the cold one sits at -16°C. The freeze arrives properly here and holds. Hard water holds through the cold months, breaking up near late April. On the long-run averages the water opens up around late April and starts locking again about mid November. The first weeks of open water and the last are the ones to plan for. Plan any trip to Taylor Lake around it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. No made access appears within a short radius, so plan to park on a verge and walk. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. For a change of water, Herron Lake is 1.1 km distant. Confirm before you fish Taylor Lake.