Fishing at Webber Lake, Timiskaming District, Ontario

• Overview

  Webber Lake lies within the bounds of Timiskaming District, Ontario. Elevation runs to 353 metres. It covers about 3 hectares, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. Our Timiskaming District list holds plenty of bigger water. Kirkland Lake lies 36 km from the water. Then Rouyn-Noranda, 45 km, and Englehart, 57 km. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Webber Lake

  Depth is not on record here, which means reading the ground instead. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Fish documented in Timiskaming District include brook trout, northern pike, yellow perch and Iowa darter. County data is a starting point rather than a guarantee. On Webber Lake the obvious spot is not always the productive one.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 17°C in July and bottoms out near -17°C in January. Winter shuts the surface down for months. Expect a solid lid for months and a thaw around early May. Averages suggest open water from about early May through to roughly mid November. From the thaw to midsummer the fishing improves week by week. Time your trip to Webber Lake by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. No made access appears within a short radius, so plan to park on a verge and walk. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. Stuart Lake, 0.6 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Treat access at Webber Lake as something to verify.