Kinglet Lake Fishing Guide, Nipissing District, Ontario

• Overview

  This water sits in Nipissing District, Ontario. The bank gives way to pine and birch. The water measures roughly 5 hectares, so nothing here is far from anything else. Our Nipissing District list holds plenty of bigger water. Supplies mean a trip to United Townships of Dysart, Dudley, Harcourt, Guilford, Harburn, Bruton, Havelock, Eyre and Clyde, 59 km off. It is 186 km to Gatineau, the nearest city. No county line comes close, which keeps the paperwork simple.

• Where to Fish on Kinglet Lake

  Our records hold no depth for this water. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Public occurrence data for Nipissing District names smallmouth bass, cisco, yellow perch, pumpkinseed and rock bass. County data is a starting point rather than a guarantee. On Kinglet Lake the first feature you find is usually worth a session.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-run averages give July about 18°C and January about -13°C. Winter closes the water for a while, and the reopening is worth catching. Count the season from break-up, usually late April. From about late April to around late November, expect open water on the long-run figures. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. At Kinglet Lake the season follows that pattern closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. There is a campsite 1.2 km from the water. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Access can change hands, so last year's answer may not hold. Should this one be busy, Robin Lake is 1.1 km off. What applies at Kinglet Lake may have changed since it was mapped.