Gordon Lake Fishing in Parry Sound District, Ontario

• Overview

  Gordon Lake is a Parry Sound District water, Ontario side. What surrounds it is pine and birch. Surface area is around 79 hectares, which gives you real water without needing a boat. With 10.0 km or so of shoreline, boat anglers cover ground the bank cannot. Few waters listed in Parry Sound District are bigger. The closest town, Parry Sound, is 43 km away. The nearest city of size is Greater Sudbury, 104 km away. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Gordon Lake

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Fish documented in Parry Sound District include smallmouth bass, pumpkinseed, yellow perch, northern pike and rock bass. The county figures include rivers and lakes alike. Fish Gordon Lake to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 19°C and January at -9°C. The year runs cold to warm and back, with clear transitions. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about mid April. Open water usually runs from mid April until about early December. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. Anyone fishing Gordon Lake regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access status is simply unknown for this water. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. Nothing is mapped in the way of a ramp or car park within a short radius. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. For a change of water, Wassagami Lake is 3.8 km distant. Treat access at Gordon Lake as something to verify.