Kagh Lake Fishing Guide, Nipissing District, Ontario

• Overview

  You will find Kagh Lake in Nipissing District, Ontario. It lies 475 metres above sea level. Small at around 9 hectares: two anglers spread out cover most of it. Compared with other Ontario water on our list, it sits high. You are 42 km from Huntsville. Barrie sits 144 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Kagh Lake

  Our records carry no depth, so judge it from the bank. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Records held for Nipissing District cover smallmouth bass, cisco, yellow perch and pumpkinseed. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. Fish Kagh Lake to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Between January at about -12°C and July at about 18°C, the water has a wide range to work through. The middle months are generous; the ends are demanding. The lid usually sets by midwinter and gives way around late April. Ice clears near late April and comes back about late November in a typical year. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. The season on Kagh Lake rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. Overnight stays are possible 750 m away. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Parking space is the usual limit rather than the bank itself. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Little Drummer Lake, 0.8 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Treat Kagh Lake as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.