Fishing Hare Lake in Nipissing District, Ontario

• Overview

  Hare Lake is a Nipissing District water, in Ontario. The bank gives way to lake country bush. This is a pocket water of some 3 hectares, and every part of it is reachable from the bank. Our Nipissing District list holds plenty of bigger water. For a base, Huntsville sits 34 km out. Further out sit United Townships of Dysart, Dudley, Harcourt, Guilford, Harburn, Bruton, Havelock, Eyre and Clyde (46 km) and Haliburton Village (55 km). It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Hare Lake

  Depth figures are not published for this one. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Records held for Nipissing District cover smallmouth bass, cisco and yellow perch. It is the county picture; the agency list is water-specific. On Hare Lake the obvious spot is not always the productive one.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate normals give 18°C for July and -12°C for January. A hard winter is normal, and the thaw brings a strong few weeks. The freeze runs deep into the year, with break-up near late April. Average temperatures cross freezing around late April in spring and again near late November in autumn. Right after break-up, and again as the nights sharpen, is when to go. On Hare Lake the same rules apply, with local timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. A camping area sits within 1.1 km of here. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. A phone call first saves an afternoon. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. Leach Lake, 0.4 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Check the position on Hare Lake before loading the car.