Middle Shanty Bay Lake in Parry Sound District: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  In Ontario, Middle Shanty Bay Lake falls inside Parry Sound District. The ground around here is rolling bush. At about 24 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. Shoreline length is close to 6.8 km, and each section fishes a little differently. By elevation it sits in the lower part of our Ontario listings. Parry Sound lies 45 km from the water. South River is 51 km away, with Powassan at 61 km. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Middle Shanty Bay Lake

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. County-wide records name smallmouth bass, pumpkinseed and yellow perch. County data is a starting point rather than a guarantee. The shape of Middle Shanty Bay Lake decides where the fish sit.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July runs about 19°C on average, January about -10°C. Cold locks it up for a good stretch each year. After mid April the shallows warm and the fish move up. From about mid April to around early December, expect open water on the long-run figures. Spring is short and heavy here; autumn is longer and steadier. On Middle Shanty Bay Lake that shapes the whole year.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Nothing is listed nearby for parking or launching a boat. 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. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. For a change of water, Waldrons Lake is 1 km distant. None of that is settled for Middle Shanty Bay Lake in what we hold.