Foys Lake, Ontario: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  You will find Foys Lake in Nipissing District, Ontario. The ground round it is lake country bush. With some 79 hectares of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. Some 6.1 km of bank gives room to move when the wind turns. It is among the larger waters listed here for Nipissing District. Chalk River lies 42 km from the water. Beyond it, Deep River at 46 km and Petawawa at 48 km. No boundary runs near, so the local rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on Foys Lake

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Records held for Nipissing District cover smallmouth bass, cisco, yellow perch and pumpkinseed. County records show what lives in the area; the local agency holds the water-by-water list. At Foys Lake the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate records put July near 18°C and January near -13°C. Winter shuts the surface down for months. Ice-out usually falls in late April, and the weeks after it fish hardest. Open water usually runs from late April until about late November. The middle of summer slows a little, with dawn and dusk carrying it. Foys Lake runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. A camping area sits within 240 m of here. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Look for a notice board at the entrance. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. Aurora Lake at 2.5 km is the sensible second choice. Signs at Foys Lake carry more weight than any list.