Fishing at Tett Lake, Kenora District, Ontario

• Overview

  You will find Tett Lake in Kenora District, Ontario. The setting is boreal forest on every side. With some 31 hectares of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. The edge runs 2.3 km or so, easy to work in an afternoon. On size it sits at the modest end of our Kenora District list. The closest town, Longlac, is 233 km away. Greenstone follows at 236 km, then Geraldton at 236 km. No county line comes close, which keeps the paperwork simple.

• Where to Fish on Tett Lake

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Open biodiversity records for Kenora District list northern pike, longnose sucker and white sucker. Species recorded across the county may be limited to a few waters. At Tett Lake the water rewards a slow, careful approach.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July to average close to 16°C, with January the cold end at about -22°C. Ice holds for a long stretch, so the open weeks matter more here than further south. Ice-out usually falls in early May, and the weeks after it fish hardest. Climate averages put the opening at about early May and the closing near early November. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. It holds true on Tett Lake more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access status is simply unknown for this water. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. No built facilities appear in mapping around this water. For the pike, wire up and throw larger lures along the weed edges. Parking space is the usual limit rather than the bank itself. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. Staszuk Lake, 4.9 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Check the current arrangement for Tett Lake.