Tie Lake Fishing in Thunder Bay District, Ontario

• Overview

  Tie Lake is set in Thunder Bay District, Ontario. It sits in boreal forest. It runs to roughly 15 hectares — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. Roughly 2.5 km of bank means you can walk to a fresh area when one goes quiet. Our Thunder Bay District list holds plenty of bigger water. Manitouwadge lies 48 km from the water. The big place round here is Thunder Bay, 283 km distant. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Tie Lake

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Open biodiversity records for Thunder Bay District list cisco, blackfin cisco, rainbow smelt, bloater and shortjaw cisco. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. On Tie Lake the quiet end is the one worth the extra effort.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Between January at about -17°C and July at about 16°C, the water has a wide range to work through. Cold dominates the year and the fishing works around it. Hard cover is dependable here; it goes around early May. Ice clears near early May and comes back about mid November in a typical year. Fish feed hardest at the start and the close of the open season. Keep it in mind when planning a trip to Tie Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. Public data shows nothing built here, so treat the whole approach as informal. One rod, a handful of hooks and floats, and a few small lures are enough for this water. Parking is often the real limit rather than the bank itself. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. Failing this one, try Bouchard Lake, 1 km away. For Tie Lake in particular, ask before you travel.