Fishing Loon Lake in Nipissing District, Ontario

• Overview

  Set in Nipissing District, Ontario, this is Loon Lake. The setting is lake country bush. It covers about 8 hectares, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. Our Nipissing District list holds plenty of bigger water. Callander sits 25 km from the bank. Further out sit Powassan (26 km) and Mattawa (33 km). No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Loon Lake

  We hold no depth figure for this one. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Across Nipissing District, recorded fish include smallmouth bass, cisco, yellow perch and pumpkinseed. Read it as a county summary, not a water-by-water list. Loon Lake responds to conditions more than to tactics.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Temperature averages peak at 18°C in July and bottom out at -13°C in January. A full turn of seasons, with the strongest sport on either side of summer. The lid usually sets by midwinter and gives way around late April. Open water usually runs from late April until about late November. The first weeks of open water and the last are the ones to plan for. Time your trip to Loon Lake by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing on record says whether the bank is open or closed. Formal access is not mapped, so the last stretch is likely on foot. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Take the rules with you rather than trusting memory. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Failing this one, try Tea Lake, 0.5 km away. Nothing here settles the position at Loon Lake for certain.