Fishing Loontail Lake in Nipissing District, Ontario

• Overview

  You will find Loontail Lake in Nipissing District, Ontario. Everything around it is mixed forest. About 1.12 sq km, so local knowledge or a boat saves a lot of walking. The margin runs to about 8.1 km in total. It is among the larger waters listed here for Nipissing District. South River is the closest place, 39 km off. Further out sit Powassan (43 km) and Mattawa (56 km). No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Loontail Lake

  Our records hold no depth for this water. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Fish documented in Nipissing District include smallmouth bass, cisco, yellow perch and pumpkinseed. Records at this level tell you what is in the area. At Loontail Lake the water rewards a slow, careful approach.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Temperature averages peak at 18°C in July and bottom out at -13°C in January. Winter shuts things down for a spell, then spring reopens them fast. The lid usually sets by midwinter and gives way around late April. The lid tends to go about late April and return around late November. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. On Loontail Lake that shapes the whole year.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. 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. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. For a change of water, Hag Lake is 1.3 km distant. Confirm before you fish Loontail Lake.