Fishing Laurel Lake in Nipissing District, Ontario

• Overview

  Look for Laurel Lake in the Nipissing District part of Ontario. This is pine and birch country. With some 64 hectares of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. Shoreline comes to about 5.0 km, small enough to learn in a day. Mattawa lies 29 km from the water. Then Powassan, 57 km, and Callander, 61 km. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Laurel Lake

  No published figure covers depth, so learn it as you fish. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Public occurrence data for Nipissing District names smallmouth bass, cisco and yellow perch. Species recorded across the county may be limited to a few waters. Laurel Lake gives up its fish to patience rather than distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs -13°C to 18°C. Cold locks it up for a good stretch each year. Ice-out usually falls in late April, and the weeks after it fish hardest. Ice usually gives way near late April, and forms again about late November. June through September is the settled part of the year, with the shoulders busier for fish. Expect Laurel Lake to follow that timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access status is simply unknown for this water. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. Overnight stays are possible 140 m away. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Parking space is the usual limit rather than the bank itself. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. For a change of water, Little Loxley Lake is 1.2 km distant. Nothing on Laurel Lake should be assumed from this page alone.