Fairplay Lake Fishing in Parry Sound District, Ontario

• Overview

  Fairplay Lake is listed under Parry Sound District, Ontario. Elevation runs to 246 metres. Around 14 hectares of surface means several distinct areas to work. Roughly 3.7 km of bank means you can walk to a fresh area when one goes quiet. 36 km away sits Powassan, the nearest town. Greater Sudbury sits 107 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Fairplay Lake

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Records held for Parry Sound District cover smallmouth bass, pumpkinseed and yellow perch. The list covers the county rather than this water alone, so treat it as a guide. Read Fairplay Lake for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 19°C; the cold one sits at -11°C. Winter shuts the surface down for months. Break-up comes around mid April, and the run that follows is short and strong. Averages suggest open water from about mid April through to roughly early December. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. Time your trip to Fairplay Lake by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. Mapping records no facilities at all near this water. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Parking is often the real limit rather than the bank itself. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Bob Lake at 1.6 km is the sensible second choice. For Fairplay Lake, the notice at the access point is the final word.