Fishing Yellowhammer Lake in Thunder Bay District, Ontario

• Overview

  Thunder Bay District in Ontario is where Yellowhammer Lake sits. The water sits 485 metres up. The water covers around 1.89 sq km, which puts most of it out of reach from the bank. Some 18 km of bank gives room to move when the wind turns. It ranks high for size among our Thunder Bay District listings. Some 55 km away sits Grand Marais, the nearest settlement. Neebing follows at 77 km, then Parkdale at 86 km. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Yellowhammer Lake

  We hold no depth figure for this one. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Open biodiversity records for Thunder Bay District list cisco, blackfin cisco, rainbow smelt, bloater and shortjaw cisco. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. On Yellowhammer Lake the first feature you find is usually worth a session.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 18°C at the top of summer and -16°C at the bottom of winter. A full turn of seasons, with the strongest sport on either side of summer. Break-up comes around late April, and the run that follows is short and strong. The water is typically free of ice between late April and mid November. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. Keep it in mind when planning a trip to Yellowhammer Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing we hold confirms whether access is permitted. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. There is no mapped parking or launch nearby, which keeps numbers down. A light spinning outfit with a small box of lures and some bait covers most of what swims here. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Keep proof of licence with you rather than in the car. Sprucefir Lake at 2.1 km is the sensible second choice. None of that is settled for Yellowhammer Lake in what we hold.