Wendtwright Lake in Timiskaming District: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  You will find Wendtwright Lake in Timiskaming District, Ontario. It lies 321 metres above sea level. The water covers some 32 hectares, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. Bank access stretches around 3.6 km in total. The town to know is Kirkland Lake, 12 km out. Englehart follows at 49 km, then Iroquois Falls at 72 km. Local rules may differ a few miles either side of here.

• Where to Fish on Wendtwright Lake

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Reported across Timiskaming District: brook trout, northern pike and yellow perch. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Read Wendtwright Lake for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-term averages put July at about 17°C and January near -17°C. The year splits cleanly: hard water, then open water. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about early May. Expect the water usable from around early May until roughly mid November. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. It holds true on Wendtwright Lake more years than not.

• 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. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Check whether a boat is allowed before you tow one. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. Should this one be busy, Dunbar Lake is 1.6 km off. Rules at Wendtwright Lake are worth checking on the day.