Jeffery Lake Fishing near Parry Sound, Ontario

• Overview

  Jeffery Lake is one of the Parry Sound District listings for Ontario. Around the bank it is lake country bush. The water covers some 19 hectares, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. The edge runs 3.3 km or so, easy to work in an afternoon. Parry Sound is the closest town at 31 km. For a city, Barrie is 125 km off. No county line comes close, which keeps the paperwork simple.

• Where to Fish on Jeffery Lake

  Depth is not on record here, so the bank has to tell you. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Reported across Parry Sound District: smallmouth bass, pumpkinseed, yellow perch and northern pike. Species recorded across the county may be limited to a few waters. Jeffery Lake repays a walk before the first cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 18°C in July and bottoms out near -11°C in January. The season turns properly here, and fish follow it closely. Winter locks it down, and mid April brings it back. Break-up sits around mid April on average, with the water closing again about early December. The strongest runs come at either end of the open season. That is the shape of the year on Jeffery Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. 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. Some banks are open only from a marked point. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. If the gate is shut, Plumptre Lake at 2.5 km is the nearest alternative. Check the current arrangement for Jeffery Lake.