Fishing Little Spinster Lake in Peterborough County, Ontario

• Overview

  Out in Peterborough County, Ontario, sits Little Spinster Lake. It lies 272 metres above sea level. This is a pocket water of some 4 hectares, and every part of it is reachable from the bank. Our Peterborough County list holds plenty of bigger water. Bobcaygeon sits 15 km from here and is the nearest stop. Further out sit Fenelon Falls (28 km) and Lakefield (30 km). Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.

• Where to Fish on Little Spinster Lake

  Depth is not on record here, which means reading the ground instead. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Records held for Peterborough County cover rock bass, pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass and muskellunge. Records at county level tell you what is around, not what is stocked here. Fish Little Spinster Lake where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs -10°C to 19°C. Winter shuts the surface down for months. The lid usually goes in mid April, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. Averages suggest open water from about mid April through to roughly early December. The open run goes from the thaw to the freeze, and April through October covers most of it. Little Spinster Lake runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. There is no mapped parking or launch nearby, which keeps numbers down. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Parking is often the real limit rather than the bank itself. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. The nearest alternative is Spinster Lake, 0.4 km out. Where Little Spinster Lake is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.