Venus Lake, Ontario: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  In Ontario, Venus Lake falls inside Thunder Bay District. It stands 321 metres above sea level. It measures about 25 hectares, which is a comfortable size for bank fishing. About 3.7 km of bank, so nothing stays unexplored for long. Some 59 km away sits Greenstone, the nearest settlement. For a city, Thunder Bay is 250 km off. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Venus Lake

  Depth is unmeasured here, so let the shoreline guide you. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Thunder Bay District records list cisco, blackfin cisco, rainbow smelt, bloater and shortjaw cisco among the fish reported. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. Take Venus Lake a stretch at a time.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs -20°C to 16°C. The ice season is long here and the open one short. Count the season from break-up, usually early May. Break-up near early May, freeze-up near mid November: that is the shape of an average year. From the thaw to midsummer the fishing improves week by week. At Venus Lake the season follows that pattern closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. Mapping records no facilities at all near this water. One rod, a handful of hooks and floats, and a few small lures are enough for this water. Look for a notice board at the entrance. Access can change hands, so last year's answer may not hold. Coffey Lake, 1.4 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Rules at Venus Lake are worth checking on the day.