Fishing Fume Lake in Parry Sound District, Ontario

• Overview

  Fume Lake belongs to Parry Sound District, Ontario. The bank gives way to rolling bush. Surface area is around 20 hectares, which gives you real water without needing a boat. The edge runs 3.2 km or so, easy to work in an afternoon. Parry Sound lies 26 km from the water. Huntsville follows at 40 km, then Bracebridge at 51 km. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Fume Lake

  No figure exists for depth, so let the water show you. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. County-wide records name smallmouth bass, pumpkinseed and yellow perch. County records show what lives in the area; the local agency holds the water-by-water list. On Fume Lake the obvious spot is not always the productive one.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The year swings from about -10°C in January to roughly 19°C in July. Cold locks it up for a good stretch each year. The lid usually goes in mid April, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. Open water usually runs from mid April until about early December. The strongest runs come at either end of the open season. Plan any trip to Fume Lake around it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public sources are silent on who controls the bank. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. No built facilities appear in mapping around this water. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. If the gate is shut, Eustace Lake at 0.9 km is the nearest alternative. Check the current arrangement for Fume Lake.