Frank Lake Fishing near South River, Ontario

• Overview

  Set in Parry Sound District, Frank Lake is an Ontario water. Height above sea level is 389 metres. It measures about 19 hectares, which is a comfortable size for bank fishing. With about 2.7 km of edge, you can try several depths in one session. Nearest town is South River, 23 km off. Beyond it, Huntsville at 35 km and Powassan at 44 km. Neighbouring water: Mason Lake at 0.9 km, Blue Lake 1.3 km off, Tea Lake at 3 km, Loon Lake 3 km off and Kelsey Lake at 3.3 km. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Frank Lake

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Open biodiversity records for Parry Sound District list smallmouth bass, pumpkinseed, yellow perch, northern pike and rock bass. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. Take Frank Lake a stretch at a time.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Seasonal averages run from -12°C in January up to 18°C in July. Cold locks it up for a good stretch each year. The lid usually goes in late April, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. Open water usually runs from late April until about late November. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. Frank Lake runs to that rhythm year in and year out.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. There is no mapped parking or launch nearby, which keeps numbers down. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Provincial rules still apply whatever the bank status. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Failing this one, try Mason Lake, 0.9 km away. Check the current arrangement for Frank Lake.