Maple Lake Fishing Guide, Parry Sound District, Ontario

• Overview

  Look for Maple Lake in the Parry Sound District part of Ontario. The water sits 229 metres up. Surface area is around 92 hectares, which gives you real water without needing a boat. Size puts it in the front rank of our Parry Sound District list. Parry Sound is the closest place, 37 km off. The big place round here is Greater Sudbury, 114 km distant. No boundary runs near, so the local rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on Maple Lake

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Survey and observation records for Parry Sound District include smallmouth bass, pumpkinseed, yellow perch and northern pike. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Fish Maple Lake to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-run averages give July about 19°C and January about -10°C. Four clear seasons, with a proper winter at one end. After mid April the shallows warm and the fish move up. The water is typically free of ice between mid April and early December. Late spring and early autumn carry the year between them. Time your trip to Maple Lake by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. Access points are not mapped for this water, which suits people who like quiet. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Check locally before you travel, because a wasted drive is a long one. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Myrtle Lake, 1 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Confirm access to Maple Lake locally before you travel.