Lac Paradis Fishing Guide, Nipissing District, Ontario

• Overview

  In Ontario, Lac Paradis falls inside Nipissing District. The surface lies 238 metres up. The water covers some 49 hectares, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. With 9.3 km or so of shoreline, boat anglers cover ground the bank cannot. 22 km away sits West Nipissing, the nearest town. Beyond it, Sturgeon Falls at 23 km and Markstay-Warren at 27 km. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Lac Paradis

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Nipissing District records list smallmouth bass, cisco, yellow perch, pumpkinseed and rock bass among the fish reported. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. At Lac Paradis the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Temperature averages peak at 18°C in July and bottom out at -14°C in January. Expect a real winter and a strong spring after it. Hard water holds through the cold months, breaking up near late April. The open-water window runs from around late April to about late November in an average year. The weeks after the thaw and the ones before the freeze are the strongest. Plan around that when you fish Lac Paradis.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. The map shows no ramp or car park nearby, so this is a walk-in water. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. The nearest alternative is Badgerow Lake, 3 km out. For Lac Paradis in particular, ask before you travel.