Raven Lake Fishing near Huntsville, Ontario

• Overview

  Raven Lake sits within District Municipality of Muskoka in Ontario. The water sits 349 metres up. This is sizeable water at about 6.14 sq km, and a boat opens up most of it. At about 50 km of edge, most people fish a single area and learn it well. Few waters listed in District Municipality of Muskoka are bigger. You are 31 km from Huntsville. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Raven Lake

  Depth remains unrecorded, so treat the first session as a survey. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Survey and observation records for District Municipality of Muskoka include pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, northern pike and yellow perch. Records at county level tell you what is around, not what is stocked here. Read Raven Lake for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  On the long-term average, July reads 18°C and January reads -11°C. Winter shuts things down for a spell, then spring reopens them fast. The freeze runs deep into the year, with break-up near mid April. Averages suggest open water from about mid April through to roughly early December. The strongest runs come at either end of the open season. That is the shape of the year on Raven Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  No access rule appears in what we hold. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. There is camping recorded roughly 1.1 km off. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Season dates differ by species, so read the table. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. For a change of water, Little Sunken Lake is 2.5 km distant. Treat Raven Lake as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.