Burntshanty Lake Fishing near Mattawa, Ontario

• Overview

  This water sits in Nipissing District, Ontario. Around the bank it is pine and birch. A pocket of water where every cast reaches cover. Our Nipissing District list holds plenty of bigger water. The nearest place of any size is Mattawa, 23 km away. Callander is 31 km away, with North Bay at 36 km. Nearby alternatives: Bushtrail Lake within 1.3 km, Lunch Lake sits 1.7 km out, Green Lake within 3.3 km, Wright Lake sits 3.5 km out and Turcotte Lake within 3.8 km. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Burntshanty Lake

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Across Nipissing District, recorded fish include smallmouth bass, cisco, yellow perch, pumpkinseed and rock bass. The county list is broader than any single water. Work Burntshanty Lake in sections rather than trying to cover it.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Temperature averages peak at 19°C in July and bottom out at -13°C in January. The season turns properly here, and fish follow it closely. Winter fishing happens on the ice here, with open water back around late April. The open-water window runs from around late April to about late November in an average year. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. Burntshanty Lake runs to that rhythm year in and year out.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Parking is often the real limit rather than the bank itself. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. Bushtrail Lake, 1.3 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Signs at Burntshanty Lake carry more weight than any list.