Fishing at Dizzy Lake, Nipissing District, Ontario

• Overview

  This water sits in Nipissing District, Ontario. Land around it is rolling bush. Small at around 3 hectares: two anglers spread out cover most of it. Our Nipissing District list holds plenty of bigger water. United Townships of Dysart, Dudley, Harcourt, Guilford, Harburn, Bruton, Havelock, Eyre and Clyde sits 45 km from the bank. After that come Huntsville at 48 km and Haliburton Village at 58 km. No boundary runs near, so the local rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on Dizzy Lake

  We hold no depth figure for this one. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Reported across Nipissing District: smallmouth bass, cisco, yellow perch, pumpkinseed and rock bass. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Dizzy Lake fishes better once you know its edges.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate normals give 18°C for July and -12°C for January. A hard winter is normal, and the thaw brings a strong few weeks. The open season starts with the thaw, near enough late April. Climate averages put the opening at about late April and the closing near late November. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. On Dizzy Lake that shapes the whole year.

• Tackle & Baits

  The access position is unclear from public sources. Parking sits 1.2 km out, which makes for a walk with tackle. Mapping shows a jetty some 1.3 km off. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Season dates differ by species, so read the table. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. For a change of water, Mizzy Lake is 0.6 km distant. Nothing here settles the position at Dizzy Lake for certain.