Gordon Lake Fishing in Nipissing District, Ontario

• Overview

  Gordon Lake stands in Nipissing District, Ontario. This is pine and birch ground. The water covers some 30 hectares, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. Around 3.8 km of margin, front to back. The nearest town is United Townships of Dysart, Dudley, Harcourt, Guilford, Harburn, Bruton, Havelock, Eyre and Clyde, 36 km away. After that come Haliburton Village at 54 km and Bancroft at 66 km. This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Gordon Lake

  Depth remains unrecorded, so treat the first session as a survey. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Across Nipissing District, recorded fish include smallmouth bass, cisco and yellow perch. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Gordon Lake repays a walk before the first cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate records put July near 18°C and January near -13°C. Cold locks it up for a good stretch each year. Count the season from break-up, usually late April. Climate figures give an open season running late April to late November. Right after break-up, and again as the nights sharpen, is when to go. It sets the rhythm of the year at Gordon Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. Access is unmapped, which usually means a farm track and a walk. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. If the gate is shut, Rosepond Lake at 1.3 km is the nearest alternative. Signs at Gordon Lake carry more weight than any list.