Lee Lake Fishing Guide, District Municipality of Muskoka, Ontario

• Overview

  District Municipality of Muskoka in Ontario is where Lee Lake sits. It sits at 349 metres above sea level. With some 17 hectares of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. The edge runs 2.8 km or so, easy to work in an afternoon. The town to know is Huntsville, 14 km out. Bracebridge is 44 km and United Townships of Dysart, Dudley, Harcourt, Guilford, Harburn, Bruton, Havelock, Eyre and Clyde 53 km. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Lee Lake

  Open data we checked carries no depth for this water. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. County-wide records name pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass and northern pike. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. On Lee Lake that means starting tight and working out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 18°C at the top of summer and -11°C at the bottom of winter. The season turns properly here, and fish follow it closely. The lid arrives early and lasts until roughly late April. Open water usually runs from late April until about early December. Spring is short and heavy here; autumn is longer and steadier. On Lee Lake that shapes the whole year.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. There is no recorded infrastructure here; expect to find your own way in. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. Lassetter Lake sits 1.5 km off and takes the overflow. What applies at Lee Lake may have changed since it was mapped.