Little Crooked Lake, Ontario: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  This water sits in Nipissing District, Ontario. Height above sea level is 378 metres. It runs to roughly 96 hectares — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. With 8.7 km or so of shoreline, boat anglers cover ground the bank cannot. Size puts it in the front rank of our Nipissing District list. Chalk River sits 61 km from the bank. The nearest city of size is Barrie, 197 km away. No boundary runs near, so the local rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on Little Crooked Lake

  Depth figures are not published for this one. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Reported across Nipissing District: smallmouth bass, cisco and yellow perch. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. Little Crooked Lake gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July runs about 18°C on average, January about -13°C. A solid cap is the normal state through winter. Firm cover through the cold months, then open water from late April. Averages suggest open water from about late April through to roughly late November. June through September is the settled part of the year, with the shoulders busier for fish. On Little Crooked Lake the same rules apply, with local timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  The access position is unclear from public sources. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. There is camping recorded roughly 460 m off. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Parking space is the usual limit rather than the bank itself. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Inbetween Lake at 2 km is the sensible second choice. Nothing on Little Crooked Lake should be assumed from this page alone.