Fishing at Little Carcajou Lake, Nipissing District, Ontario

• Overview

  Little Carcajou Lake is a Nipissing District water, Ontario side. Land around it is pine and birch. It runs to roughly 24 hectares — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. Around 4.4 km of margin, front to back. Chalk River lies 35 km from the water. Gatineau sits 170 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Little Carcajou Lake

  No published figure covers depth, so learn it as you fish. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Open biodiversity records for Nipissing District list smallmouth bass, cisco, yellow perch and pumpkinseed. Take it as the county picture rather than a promise for this water. At Little Carcajou Lake the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July runs about 18°C on average, January about -13°C. A full turn of seasons, with the strongest sport on either side of summer. Break-up comes around late April, and the run that follows is short and strong. Break-up sits around late April on average, with the water closing again about late November. The strongest runs come at either end of the open season. Anyone fishing Little Carcajou Lake regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. Overnight stays are possible 240 m away. 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. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. The nearest alternative is Wenda Lake, 1.4 km out. Ask locally about Little Carcajou Lake if anything is unclear.