Paddy Lake Fishing near Mattawa, Ontario

• Overview

  Paddy Lake sits within Nipissing District in Ontario. The water sits 317 metres up. At about 14 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. The whole outline is near 2.1 km, and most of it is walkable. Mattawa is the closest town at 32 km. Greater Sudbury is the closest city, 206 km away. No county line comes close, which keeps the paperwork simple.

• Where to Fish on Paddy Lake

  Nothing in our records gives a depth for this one. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Fish documented in Nipissing District include smallmouth bass, cisco, yellow perch, pumpkinseed and rock bass. Read it as a county summary, not a water-by-water list. Read Paddy Lake before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs -13°C to 18°C. The freeze arrives properly here and holds. Winter fishing happens on the ice here, with open water back around late April. Expect the water usable from around late April until roughly late November. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. The season on Paddy Lake rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. 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. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. Failing this one, try Rit Lake, 1.9 km away. For Paddy Lake, the notice at the access point is the final word.