Tully Creek, Ontario: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Tully Creek is listed under Kenora District, Ontario. The bank is 355 metres above sea level. Sioux Lookout lies 36 km from the water. Thunder Bay sits 292 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. In the same area: Foreman Lake 2 km, Woodman Lake at 3.4 km, Scaler Lake 4.2 km, Upset Lake at 5.4 km and Eldorado Lake 5.8 km. Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.

• Where to Fish on Tully Creek

  Depth figures are not published for this one. The outside of each bend cuts deepest and holds the better fish. Undercut banks hold fish that the middle of the river never will. Open biodiversity records for Kenora District list northern pike, longnose sucker, white sucker and johnny darter. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. The near bank of Tully Creek is often the one people ignore.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages move between -19°C in January and 18°C in July. Spring and autumn carry the fishing; summer and winter test it. Ice takes the slower stretches in winter; by late April the whole run is open again. Climate figures give an open season running late April to mid November. From the thaw to midsummer the fishing improves week by week. Tully Creek runs to that rhythm year in and year out.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. A wire trace and a big bright lure handle the pike; deep water asks for a heavier spoon. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Foreman Lake at 2 km is the sensible second choice. Nothing on Tully Creek should be assumed from this page alone.