Fishing Morgan's Lake in Parry Sound District, Ontario

• Overview

  Morgan's Lake lies in Parry Sound District, in Ontario. The surroundings are lake country bush. The water covers some 33 hectares, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. The edge runs 4.2 km or so, easy to work in an afternoon. The nearest town is Huntsville, 25 km away. Barrie sits 134 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. A border sits close enough to be relevant to the paperwork.

• Where to Fish on Morgan's Lake

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Public occurrence data for Parry Sound District names smallmouth bass, pumpkinseed, yellow perch and northern pike. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. The shape of Morgan's Lake decides where the fish sit.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 18°C and January at -12°C. A solid cap is the normal state through winter. Ice-out usually falls in late April, and the weeks after it fish hardest. Climate averages put the opening at about late April and the closing near late November. From the thaw to midsummer the fishing improves week by week. The season on Morgan's Lake rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  No access rule appears in what we hold. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. No made access is recorded, so a short walk in is the likely arrangement. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Access can change hands, so last year's answer may not hold. Thirty Lake at 2 km is the sensible second choice. Signs at Morgan's Lake carry more weight than any list.