Dan Lake in Nipissing District: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Dan Lake is listed under Nipissing District, Ontario. It lies 441 metres above sea level. Roughly 42 hectares: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. Bank access stretches around 4.0 km in total. By elevation it is in the upper part of our Ontario listings. 59 km away sits South River, the nearest town. Barrie sits 167 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Dan Lake

  Depth here is unknown, so count the lead down before committing. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Public occurrence data for Nipissing District names smallmouth bass, cisco, yellow perch and pumpkinseed. The county list is broader than any single water. On Dan Lake a short move beats a long cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Temperature averages peak at 18°C in July and bottom out at -13°C in January. Hard water is a season in its own right here. After late April the shallows warm and the fish move up. Ice clears near late April and comes back about late November in a typical year. From the thaw to midsummer the fishing improves week by week. Expect Dan Lake to follow that timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing on record says whether the bank is open or closed. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, so treat access as rough. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Check locally before you travel, because a wasted drive is a long one. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. For a change of water, Southworth Lake is 2.2 km distant. Confirm before you fish Dan Lake.