Guppy Lake Fishing in Nipissing District, Ontario

• Overview

  Guppy Lake is a Nipissing District water, in Ontario. The country round it is pine and birch from end to end. It runs to roughly 66 hectares — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. You are looking at roughly 7.0 km of shoreline, with plenty of water between access points. You are 44 km from Haileybury. Temiskaming Shores is 45 km and Ville-Marie 48 km. No boundary runs near, so the local rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on Guppy Lake

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. County-wide records name smallmouth bass, cisco and yellow perch. Take it as the county picture rather than a promise for this water. Read Guppy Lake for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The year swings from about -16°C in January to roughly 18°C in July. A full turn of seasons, with the strongest sport on either side of summer. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about late April. Ice clears near late April and comes back about late November in a typical year. Spring is short and heavy here; autumn is longer and steadier. Keep it in mind when planning a trip to Guppy Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  No access rule appears in what we hold. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, so treat access as rough. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. Failing this one, try Jamieson Lake, 1.8 km away. Rules at Guppy Lake are worth checking on the day.