Nahma Lake Fishing near South River, Ontario

• Overview

  The Parry Sound District end of Ontario holds Nahma Lake. The surface lies 393 metres up. With some 25 hectares of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. Shoreline comes to about 4.2 km, small enough to learn in a day. The closest town, South River, is 22 km distant. It is 161 km to Greater Sudbury, the nearest city. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Nahma Lake

  Our records hold no depth for this water. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Public occurrence data for Parry Sound District names smallmouth bass, pumpkinseed, yellow perch and northern pike. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Nahma Lake responds to conditions more than to tactics.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate normals give 18°C for July and -12°C for January. Winter shuts things down for a spell, then spring reopens them fast. The lid usually sets by midwinter and gives way around late April. Ice usually gives way near late April, and forms again about late November. Right after break-up, and again as the nights sharpen, is when to go. Anyone fishing Nahma Lake regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether the bank is open is not something our records settle. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. There is a campsite 60 m from the water. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Parking space is the usual limit rather than the bank itself. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Stranger Lake at 1.8 km is the sensible second choice. Rules at Nahma Lake are worth checking on the day.