Moore Lake Fishing in Nipissing District, Ontario

• Overview

  Out in Nipissing District, Ontario, sits Moore Lake. Country round the bank runs to rolling bush. The water covers around 2.87 sq km, which puts most of it out of reach from the bank. You are looking at roughly 9.5 km of shoreline, with plenty of water between access points. On our Nipissing District list it sits near the top for size. Then Bancroft, 44 km, and Haliburton Village, 58 km. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Moore Lake

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Survey and observation records for Nipissing District include smallmouth bass, cisco and yellow perch. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. Moore Lake responds to conditions more than to tactics.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 18°C; the cold one sits at -12°C. Fishing here follows the temperature more than the calendar. Hard water holds through the cold months, breaking up near late April. Ice clears near late April and comes back about late November in a typical year. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. That is the shape of the year on Moore Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Public mapping records no formal access here, so plan for a walk and soft ground. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. Pastwa Lake at 3.4 km is the sensible second choice. The position on Moore Lake is worth confirming on the day.