Fishing Arsenic Lake in Nipissing District, Ontario

• Overview

  In Ontario, Arsenic Lake belongs to Nipissing District. Beyond the shoreline you have mixed forest. The water covers some 25 hectares, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. The whole outline is near 4.0 km, and most of it is walkable. Some 39 km away sits Ville-Marie, the nearest settlement. Haileybury follows at 42 km, then Temiskaming Shores at 45 km. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Arsenic Lake

  Depth is not on record here, so the bank has to tell you. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Public occurrence data for Nipissing District names smallmouth bass, cisco, yellow perch, pumpkinseed and rock bass. Records at this level tell you what is in the area. Read Arsenic Lake before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 18°C and January at -15°C. Hard water is a season in its own right here. After late April the shallows warm and the fish move up. Climate figures give an open season running late April to late November. Fishing peaks soon after break-up and again before the cold returns. The season on Arsenic Lake follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  No access rule appears in what we hold. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. Access points are not mapped for this water, which suits people who like quiet. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. Goward Lake at 0.7 km is the sensible second choice. Check the current arrangement for Arsenic Lake.