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

• Overview

  Beaver Lake lies in Parry Sound District, in Ontario. Everything around it is pine and birch. Around 97 hectares of surface means several distinct areas to work. Shoreline comes to about 4.4 km, small enough to learn in a day. Few waters listed in Parry Sound District are bigger. You are 28 km from Huntsville. After that come South River at 31 km and Powassan at 51 km. The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Beaver Lake

  Our records carry no depth, so judge it from the bank. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. County-wide records name smallmouth bass, pumpkinseed, yellow perch, northern pike and rock bass. Species recorded across the county may be limited to a few waters. Fish Beaver Lake to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 18°C at the top of summer and -11°C at the bottom of winter. The season turns properly here, and fish follow it closely. Break-up comes around late April, and the run that follows is short and strong. Average temperatures cross freezing around late April in spring and again near late November in autumn. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. Anyone fishing Beaver Lake regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. A launch point is recorded some 570 m off. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Keep proof of licence with you rather than in the car. Little Beaver Lake sits 1.3 km off and takes the overflow. None of that is settled for Beaver Lake in what we hold.