Ana Lake in Parry Sound District: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Ana Lake is set in Parry Sound District, Ontario. Height above sea level is 514 metres. At roughly 2 hectares, the whole thing is within casting reach of a single walk. Most waters listed here for Parry Sound District are larger. You are 29 km from South River. Powassan follows at 41 km, then Huntsville at 47 km. Near neighbours: 0.9 km out stands Music Lake, Bee Lake 1.1 km, 1.7 km out stands Canty Lake, Elbow Lake 1.7 km and 1.8 km out stands Betty Lake. This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Ana Lake

  Depth here is unknown, so count the lead down before committing. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Across Parry Sound District, recorded fish include smallmouth bass, pumpkinseed and yellow perch. Records at this level tell you what is in the area. At Ana Lake the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July runs about 18°C on average, January about -12°C. Spring and autumn carry the fishing; summer and winter test it. The lid usually goes in late April, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. Climate averages put the opening at about late April and the closing near late November. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. Ana Lake fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  There is no clear statement anywhere on who can fish it. Mapping records no facilities at all near this water. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Should this one be busy, Music Lake is 0.9 km off. Treat Ana Lake as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.