Music Lake Fishing near South River, Ontario

• Overview

  Music Lake lies in Parry Sound District, in Ontario. It lies 445 metres above sea level. This is a pocket water of some 3 hectares, and every part of it is reachable from the bank. Most waters listed here for Parry Sound District are larger. Head to South River, 29 km away, for anything you forgot. Barrie is the closest city, 157 km away. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Music Lake

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. County-wide records name smallmouth bass, pumpkinseed, yellow perch, northern pike and rock bass. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Fish Music Lake to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July to average close to 18°C, with January the cold end at about -12°C. A solid cap is the normal state through winter. Once it clears, about late April, the fishing comes on quickly. Expect the water usable from around late April until roughly late November. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. On Music Lake the same rules apply, with local timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. You can camp about 1.3 km away, going by the mapping. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. The nearest alternative is Canty Lake, 0.8 km out. Check the position at Music Lake before loading the car.