Fishing Greengrass Lake in Nipissing District, Ontario

• Overview

  Greengrass Lake belongs to Nipissing District, Ontario. This is lake country bush country. At about 10 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. With about 1.4 km of edge, you can try several depths in one session. The nearest town is United Townships of Dysart, Dudley, Harcourt, Guilford, Harburn, Bruton, Havelock, Eyre and Clyde, 44 km away. Bancroft lies 58 km off, Haliburton Village another 62 km. No boundary runs near, so the local rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on Greengrass Lake

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Records held for Nipissing District cover smallmouth bass, cisco, yellow perch and pumpkinseed. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Work Greengrass Lake in sections rather than trying to cover it.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-term averages put July at about 18°C and January near -13°C. Cold winters and warm summers give a wide working range. The lid usually sets by midwinter and gives way around late April. Expect the water usable from around late April until roughly late November. Spring is short and heavy here; autumn is longer and steadier. It sets the rhythm of the year at Greengrass Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing on record says whether the bank is open or closed. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. Nothing is listed nearby for parking or launching a boat. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. Wind Lake sits 0.9 km off and takes the overflow. For Greengrass Lake in particular, ask before you travel.