Old Lake CottageWalleye fishing near Ear Falls, ON
2,486 documented waters within 300 km, 1,505 of them with walleye as the primary species.
Where they are biting today
- Lake Louise (Altona)80
- Manning Canal80
- Flint Lake (Vermilion Bay)79
- Spencer Lake (Fort Frances)79
- Winnange Lake (Vermilion Bay)79
- Biddison Lake (Fort Frances)79
- Bruin Lake (Vermilion Bay)79
- Lower Manitou Lake (Sioux Narrows)79
- Lake of the Woods (lac des Bois)79
- Ottertail Lake (Fort Frances)79
Fishing walleye around Ear Falls
The waters around Ear Falls give walleye anglers real options: 2486 documented waters in range are on record for walleye in our Ontario catalogue, and their daily scores - built from weather, water temperature at depth and species-fit modelling - decide the order shown above rather than reputation or hearsay.
There is a spread worth reading in today's leaders. Lake Louise (Altona) sets the pace at 80 (about 338 km from Ear Falls, roughly 2 m of water at its deepest), while Manning Canal sits at 80 (about 288 km from Ear Falls). Flint Lake (Vermilion Bay) holds third at 79. Those gaps are real information: the same walleye conditions rarely land evenly across different depths, sizes and shorelines.
Walleye have large, light-sensitive eyes that give them sharp low-light vision - the same trait behind their name (that eerie eye-shine) also explains why they feed most actively at dawn, dusk, and after dark, retreating to deeper, darker water on bright days. Early-season Ontario walleye hold near their spawning rivers and on windswept boulder or coarse-gravel shoals, sliding out to deeper weed lines, drop-offs and channel edges as summer builds. The jig-and-minnow worked near bottom is the default Ontario presentation - vertical jigging in clear water by day, with crankbaits and spinners over shallow structure once the light drops. Across much of Ontario the walleye season closes for the spawn in mid-March and reopens on the third Saturday of May - the traditional May opener - though dates differ by zone.
These scores are not season-long ratings. They are rebuilt every morning from fresh weather and water-temperature data, most recently for September 14, 2026, so the best walleye water near Ear Falls this week may not be the best one next week.