Paddle Lake Fishing in Thunder Bay District, Ontario

• Overview

  The Thunder Bay District end of Ontario holds Paddle Lake. The setting is rolling bush on every side. This is a pocket water of some 7 hectares, and every part of it is reachable from the bank. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Thunder Bay District. Nearest place of any size is Grand Marais, 34 km away. Thunder Bay sits 85 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Paddle Lake

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. 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. Survey and observation records for Thunder Bay District include cisco, blackfin cisco, rainbow smelt and bloater. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Read Paddle Lake before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 17°C; the cold one sits at -15°C. Seasons are distinct, and each one fishes differently. Count on hard cover from midwinter, and open water from early May. Open water usually runs from early May until about mid November. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. Plan any trip to Paddle Lake around it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. There is a campsite 590 m from the water. Facilities include toilets around 500 m from here. One rod, a handful of hooks and floats, and a few small lures are enough for this water. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Should this one be busy, Canoe Lake is 1.1 km off. Signs at Paddle Lake carry more weight than any list.