Celery Lake in Thunder Bay District: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Celery Lake sits within Thunder Bay District in Ontario. Everything around it is pine and birch. About 7 hectares of surface, which puts the far bank inside easy sight. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Thunder Bay District. Some 30 km away sits Grand Marais, the nearest settlement. Thunder Bay sits 84 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. No boundary runs near, so the local rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on Celery Lake

  Depth is not on record here, so the bank has to tell you. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Reported across Thunder Bay District: cisco, blackfin cisco, rainbow smelt, bloater and shortjaw cisco. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. On Celery Lake the first feature you find is usually worth a session.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Typical July readings run about 17°C; by January the average is down near -15°C. A solid cap is the normal state through winter. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about early May. The open-water window runs from around early May to about mid November in an average year. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. The season on Celery Lake follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. Mapping shows no built access close by; expect to walk in from wherever you can leave the car. One rod, a handful of hooks and floats, and a few small lures are enough for this water. Check locally before you travel, because a wasted drive is a long one. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. For a change of water, Potato Lake is 0.8 km distant. Treat Celery Lake as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.