Loxley Lake Fishing in Nipissing District, Ontario

• Overview

  Loxley Lake belongs to Nipissing District, Ontario. The surface lies 355 metres up. Surface area is around 46 hectares, which gives you real water without needing a boat. About 3.8 km of bank, so nothing stays unexplored for long. The town to know is Mattawa, 28 km out. Greater Sudbury is the closest city, 187 km away. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Loxley Lake

  The records we hold are silent on depth, so plan to find it yourself. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Nipissing District records list smallmouth bass, cisco and yellow perch among the fish reported. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. Take Loxley Lake a stretch at a time.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate records put July near 18°C and January near -13°C. Winter shuts things down for a spell, then spring reopens them fast. Expect a solid lid for months and a thaw around late April. Average temperatures cross freezing around late April in spring and again near late November in autumn. Spring is short and heavy here; autumn is longer and steadier. On Loxley Lake that shapes the whole year.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. You can camp 410 m off, which suits an early start. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. Little Loxley Lake, 1 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Treat access at Loxley Lake as something to verify.