Command Lake Fishing in Nipissing District, Ontario

• Overview

  Set in Nipissing District, Ontario, this is Command Lake. Lake country bush runs right down to the water. With some 18 hectares of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. About 2.5 km of bank, so nothing stays unexplored for long. Head to Ville-Marie, 52 km away, for anything you forgot. Then Haileybury, 52 km, and Temiskaming Shores, 54 km. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Command Lake

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Fish documented in Nipissing District include smallmouth bass, cisco, yellow perch, pumpkinseed and rock bass. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Fish Command Lake where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages move between -15°C in January and 18°C in July. Winter puts a hard lid on this one. The lid usually sets by midwinter and gives way around late April. The open-water window runs from around late April to about late November in an average year. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. That shapes the year on Command Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. Nothing is listed nearby for parking or launching a boat. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Check locally before you travel, because a wasted drive is a long one. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. For a change of water, Hay Lake is 1.3 km distant. What applies at Command Lake may have changed since it was mapped.