Fishing Treloar Lake in Cochrane District, Ontario

• Overview

  This water sits in Cochrane District, Ontario. Elevation runs to 189 metres. This is sizeable water at about 1.33 sq km, and a boat opens up most of it. The bank runs about 4.8 km all the way round, so one visit can cover most of it. On our Cochrane District list it sits near the top for size. Head to Longlac, 185 km away, for anything you forgot. Thunder Bay sits 395 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Treloar Lake

  There is no published depth for this one, so start shallow and work out. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Across Cochrane District, recorded fish include northern pike, yellow perch and white sucker. Read it as a county summary, not a water-by-water list. The shape of Treloar Lake decides where the fish sit.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The year swings from about -21°C in January to roughly 16°C in July. The ice season is long here and the open one short. The lid usually goes in early May, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. Ice clears near early May and comes back about early November in a typical year. The middle of summer slows a little, with dawn and dusk carrying it. Treloar Lake runs to that rhythm year in and year out.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. Nothing built is recorded close to the bank here. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. Should this one be busy, Big Canoe Lake is 10 km off. For Treloar Lake, the notice at the access point is the final word.