Little Gaffney Lake near Cochrane: Fishing Spots, Seasons and Access

• Overview

  Little Gaffney Lake sits in Cochrane District, out in Ontario. This is spruce and muskeg country. The water measures roughly 5 hectares, so nothing here is far from anything else. Most waters listed here for Cochrane District are larger. Cochrane at 21 km is the nearest place to stop. The nearest city of size is Greater Sudbury, 271 km away. No boundary runs near, so the local rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on Little Gaffney Lake

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Survey and observation records for Cochrane District include northern pike, yellow perch, white sucker and Iowa darter. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. At Little Gaffney Lake the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 17°C in July and bottoms out near -19°C in January. This is a two-season water: locked, then wide open. Ice is part of the season here, ending near early May. Break-up near early May, freeze-up near mid November: that is the shape of an average year. The first weeks of open water and the last are the ones to plan for. It holds true on Little Gaffney Lake more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. Nothing is listed nearby for parking or launching a boat. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. Should this one be busy, Joseph Lake is 0.4 km off. Where Little Gaffney Lake is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.