Fishing at Upper Redwing Lake, Timiskaming District, Ontario

• Overview

  Out in Timiskaming District, Ontario, sits Upper Redwing Lake. The bank is 354 metres above sea level. Around 19 hectares of surface means several distinct areas to work. The edge runs 2.1 km or so, easy to work in an afternoon. The nearest place of any size is Timmins, 56 km away. Kirkland Lake follows at 79 km, then Iroquois Falls at 90 km. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Upper Redwing Lake

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Open biodiversity records for Timiskaming District list brook trout, northern pike, yellow perch, Iowa darter and walleye. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. Work Upper Redwing Lake in sections rather than trying to cover it.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate normals give 17°C for July and -17°C for January. This is a two-season water: locked, then wide open. The freeze runs deep into the year, with break-up near early May. The season between ice runs from about early May to mid November. The weeks after the thaw and the ones before the freeze are the strongest. That shapes the year on Upper Redwing Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. Nothing is mapped in the way of a ramp or car park within a short radius. Read any posted signs at the access point rather than assuming. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. If the gate is shut, Redwing Lake at 2 km is the nearest alternative. Nothing on Upper Redwing Lake should be assumed from this page alone.