Fishing at Chippy Lake, Nipissing District, Ontario

• Overview

  The Nipissing District end of Ontario holds Chippy Lake. The bank gives way to pine and birch. The water measures roughly 9 hectares, so nothing here is far from anything else. Our Nipissing District list holds plenty of bigger water. Mattawa sits 55 km from here and is the nearest stop. For a city, Barrie is 177 km off. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Chippy Lake

  No published figure covers depth, so learn it as you fish. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Species logged across Nipissing District include smallmouth bass, cisco and yellow perch. The list covers the county rather than this water alone, so treat it as a guide. Chippy Lake gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 18°C; the cold one sits at -13°C. The season turns properly here, and fish follow it closely. Firm cover through the cold months, then open water from late April. Climate averages put the opening at about late April and the closing near late November. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. The season on Chippy Lake rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public sources are silent on who controls the bank. There is camping recorded roughly 710 m off. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Season dates differ by species, so read the table. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. Should this one be busy, Redpine Lake is 1 km off. Where Chippy Lake is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.