Fishing Grant Lake in Nipissing District, Ontario

• Overview

  Out in Nipissing District, Ontario, sits Grant Lake. Country round the bank runs to lake country bush. At 5 hectares it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. Our Nipissing District list holds plenty of bigger water. Head to United Townships of Dysart, Dudley, Harcourt, Guilford, Harburn, Bruton, Havelock, Eyre and Clyde, 41 km away, for anything you forgot. Barrie sits 155 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Grant Lake

  Nothing in our records gives a depth for this one. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Open biodiversity records for Nipissing District list smallmouth bass, cisco, yellow perch, pumpkinseed and rock bass. The county figures include rivers and lakes alike. On Grant Lake the obvious spot is not always the productive one.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is -12°C to 18°C. The season turns properly here, and fish follow it closely. The freeze runs deep into the year, with break-up near late April. Ice usually gives way near late April, and forms again about late November. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. At Grant Lake the season follows that pattern closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing we hold confirms whether access is permitted. Parking sits 1.3 km out, which makes for a walk with tackle. A toilet block sits 630 m away. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. Jake Lake sits 1.1 km off and takes the overflow. Where Grant Lake is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.