Tower Lake Fishing Guide, Thunder Bay District, Ontario

• Overview

  Tower Lake belongs to Thunder Bay District, Ontario. The bank is 554 metres above sea level. Surface area is around 16 hectares, which gives you real water without needing a boat. The edge runs 2.9 km or so, easy to work in an afternoon. On size it sits at the modest end of our Thunder Bay District list. You are 52 km from Neebing. Then Parkdale, 58 km, and Westfort, 59 km. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Tower Lake

  There is no published depth for this one, so start shallow and work out. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Open biodiversity records for Thunder Bay District list cisco, blackfin cisco, rainbow smelt, bloater and shortjaw cisco. Read it as a county summary, not a water-by-water list. The near bank of Tower Lake is often the one people ignore.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs -17°C to 17°C. Winter shuts things down for a spell, then spring reopens them fast. Hard water holds through the cold months, breaking up near early May. Open water usually runs from early May until about mid November. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. The season on Tower Lake rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. Nothing in the way of made access shows up nearby: no ramp, no car park, no path. Keep the gear simple: light line, small hooks, split shot and a couple of proven lures. A phone call first saves an afternoon. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. For a change of water, Chota Lake is 3.1 km distant. Confirm before you fish Tower Lake.