Duncanson Lake Fishing Guide, Timiskaming District, Ontario

• Overview

  You will find Duncanson Lake in Timiskaming District, Ontario. Height above sea level is 309 metres. The water covers some 24 hectares, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. The whole outline is near 4.1 km, and most of it is walkable. For supplies, Temiskaming Shores is 43 km out. For a city, Greater Sudbury is 120 km off. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Duncanson Lake

  Nothing we hold settles how deep this runs. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. County-wide records name brook trout, northern pike and yellow perch. The county list is broader than any single water. Duncanson Lake repays a walk before the first cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages move between -16°C in January and 18°C in July. Cold locks it up for a good stretch each year. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about late April. The lid tends to go about late April and return around mid November. Fish feed hardest at the start and the close of the open season. Keep it in mind when planning a trip to Duncanson Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. A phone call first saves an afternoon. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Morin Lake, 0.9 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Rules at Duncanson Lake are worth checking on the day.