Bottle Lake Fishing in Parry Sound District, Ontario

• Overview

  Bottle Lake is set in Parry Sound District, Ontario. The land about it is lake country bush. It covers about 2 hectares, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. It is a small entry by Parry Sound District standards. Head to Parry Sound, 2.5 km away, for anything you forgot. Penetanguishene is 61 km and Huntsville 62 km. This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Bottle Lake

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. County-wide records name smallmouth bass, pumpkinseed, yellow perch, northern pike and rock bass. County records show what lives in the area; the local agency holds the water-by-water list. Read Bottle Lake before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July is the warm end of the year here, averaging about 19°C, while January sits near -8°C. Winter shuts things down for a spell, then spring reopens them fast. Hard cover is dependable here; it goes around mid April. In an average year the thaw lands around mid April and the freeze near early December. September and October fish steadily right up to the freeze. Bottle Lake fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  No access rule appears in what we hold. Recorded parking is 1 km off, far enough to travel light. Overnight stays are possible about 1.2 km out, where camping is mapped. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. For a change of water, McCurry Lake is 0.7 km distant. Check the current arrangement for Bottle Lake.