Fishing Oldcamp Lake in Parry Sound District, Ontario

• Overview

  Oldcamp Lake is a Parry Sound District water, in Ontario. Beyond the shoreline you have mixed forest. At about 19 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. The whole outline is near 4.9 km, and most of it is walkable. For supplies, Parry Sound is 50 km out. It is 102 km to Greater Sudbury, the nearest city. Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.

• Where to Fish on Oldcamp Lake

  Depth is not on record here, so the bank has to tell you. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Fish documented in Parry Sound District include smallmouth bass, pumpkinseed, yellow perch, northern pike and rock bass. Records at this level tell you what is in the area. Oldcamp Lake responds to conditions more than to tactics.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages move between -10°C in January and 19°C in July. Winter closes the water for a while, and the reopening is worth catching. The lid arrives early and lasts until roughly mid April. Climate figures give an open season running mid April to early December. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. Time your trip to Oldcamp Lake by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  There is no clear statement anywhere on who can fish it. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. 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 access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Should this one be busy, Dutton Lake is 1.6 km off. Ask locally about Oldcamp Lake if anything is unclear.