Chain Lake Fishing Guide, District Municipality of Muskoka, Ontario

• Overview

  Chain Lake is listed under District Municipality of Muskoka, Ontario. It sits at 335 metres above sea level. The water covers some 13 hectares, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. You are looking at roughly 6.2 km of shoreline, with plenty of water between access points. Huntsville is the closest place, 18 km off. Barrie is the closest city, 95 km away. Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.

• Where to Fish on Chain Lake

  The records we hold are silent on depth, so plan to find it yourself. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Open biodiversity records for District Municipality of Muskoka list pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, northern pike and yellow perch. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. On Chain Lake that means starting tight and working out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 18°C at the top of summer and -11°C at the bottom of winter. Cold winters and warm summers give a wide working range. The lid usually sets by midwinter and gives way around mid April. The season between ice runs from about mid April to early December. Fish feed hardest at the start and the close of the open season. That is the shape of the year on Chain Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  No access rule appears in what we hold. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. Nothing is listed nearby for parking or launching a boat. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Season dates differ by species, so read the table. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Moth Lake at 1 km is the sensible second choice. None of that is settled for Chain Lake in what we hold.