Nickle Lake Fishing near Iroquois Falls, Ontario

• Overview

  Nickle Lake is a Cochrane District water, Ontario side. The setting is spruce and muskeg. This is a pocket water of some 9 hectares, and every part of it is reachable from the bank. Our Cochrane District list holds plenty of bigger water. For supplies, Iroquois Falls is 30 km out. Greater Sudbury sits 238 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. No county line comes close, which keeps the paperwork simple.

• Where to Fish on Nickle Lake

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. County-wide records name northern pike, yellow perch, white sucker, Iowa darter and logperch. Read it as a county summary, not a water-by-water list. At Nickle Lake the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-term averages put July at about 17°C and January near -18°C. The fishing year opens late and shuts early. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about early May. From about early May to around mid November, expect open water on the long-run figures. June through September is the settled part of the year, with the shoulders busier for fish. Time your trip to Nickle Lake by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. Nothing built is recorded close to the bank here. 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. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. Failing this one, try Game Lake, 1.1 km away. Ask locally about Nickle Lake if anything is unclear.