Fishing Kelsie Lake in Parry Sound District, Ontario

• Overview

  You will find Kelsie Lake in Parry Sound District, Ontario. The ground around here is lake country bush. With some 36 hectares of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. The shoreline runs about 7.3 km, so it pays to pick a stretch and stay with it. Parry Sound lies 52 km from the water. Greater Sudbury sits 101 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. The nearest edge is a long way off, so local rules apply throughout.

• Where to Fish on Kelsie Lake

  Our records hold no depth for this water. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Open biodiversity records for Parry Sound District list smallmouth bass, pumpkinseed, yellow perch and northern pike. Read it as a county summary, not a water-by-water list. Fish Kelsie Lake where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Between January at about -10°C and July at about 19°C, the water has a wide range to work through. Winter shuts the surface down for months. Once it clears, about mid April, the fishing comes on quickly. Averages place the thaw at mid April and the freeze at early December. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. That is the shape of the year on Kelsie Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Ownership and access are not documented in what we hold. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. No built facilities appear in mapping around this water. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. Should this one be busy, Rabbit Lake is 2 km off. Treat access at Kelsie Lake as something to verify.