Kerr Lake Fishing near Haileybury, Ontario

• Overview

  Kerr Lake belongs to Timiskaming District, Ontario. This is rolling bush ground. At about 13 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. There is roughly 1.8 km of shoreline here, which is a short walk end to end. Haileybury is the closest place, 8.1 km off. Temiskaming Shores lies 14 km off, Ville-Marie another 18 km. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Kerr Lake

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Reported across Timiskaming District: brook trout, northern pike, yellow perch, Iowa darter and walleye. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. On Kerr Lake a short move beats a long cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 18°C at the top of summer and -16°C at the bottom of winter. Spring and autumn carry the fishing; summer and winter test it. Count the season from break-up, usually late April. On the long-run averages the water opens up around late April and starts locking again about late November. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. Time your trip to Kerr Lake by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  There is no clear statement anywhere on who can fish it. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Mapping shows an empty shoreline: no ramp, no jetty, no marked entry. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Some banks are open only from a marked point. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. The nearest alternative is Cyril Lake, 1.1 km out. Where Kerr Lake is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.