Arrow Lake Fishing Guide, Nipissing District, Ontario

• Overview

  Within Nipissing District, Ontario, you have Arrow Lake. The surface lies 326 metres up. It runs to roughly 10 hectares — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. Bank access stretches around 1.5 km in total. Mattawa sits 23 km from here and is the nearest stop. It is 196 km to Greater Sudbury, the nearest city. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Arrow Lake

  No published figure covers depth, so learn it as you fish. 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. Fish documented in Nipissing District include smallmouth bass, cisco, yellow perch, pumpkinseed and rock bass. The list covers the county rather than this water alone, so treat it as a guide. Read Arrow Lake for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warmest month averages 18°C, the coldest about -13°C. A full turn of seasons, with the strongest sport on either side of summer. Once it clears, about late April, the fishing comes on quickly. Averages place the thaw at late April and the freeze at late November. The strongest runs come at either end of the open season. That shapes the year on Arrow Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, so treat access as rough. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. For a change of water, Second Twin Pond is 1.3 km distant. Ask locally about Arrow Lake if anything is unclear.