One Mile Lake Fishing in Nipissing District, Ontario

• Overview

  One Mile Lake is a Nipissing District water, in Ontario. Height above sea level is 415 metres. It measures about 17 hectares, which is a comfortable size for bank fishing. The whole outline is near 3.1 km, and most of it is walkable. The nearest town is Mattawa, 39 km away. Greater Sudbury sits 176 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on One Mile Lake

  The records we hold are silent on depth, so plan to find it yourself. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. County-wide records name smallmouth bass, cisco, yellow perch, pumpkinseed and rock bass. Read it as a county summary, not a water-by-water list. One Mile Lake repays a walk before the first cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  On the long-term average, July reads 18°C and January reads -13°C. A hard winter is normal, and the thaw brings a strong few weeks. After late April the shallows warm and the fish move up. The lid tends to go about late April and return around late November. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. Plan any trip to One Mile Lake around it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. You can camp 140 m off, which suits an early start. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Bank access can be seasonal on ground like this. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Should this one be busy, Punch Lake is 1.4 km off. Where One Mile Lake is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.