Saw Lake, Ontario: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  You will find Saw Lake in District Municipality of Muskoka, Ontario. The country here is mixed forest. At about 30 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. The whole outline is near 4.7 km, and most of it is walkable. Start from Bracebridge, 23 km down the road. For a city, Barrie is 88 km off. Local rules may differ a few miles either side of here.

• Where to Fish on Saw Lake

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Fish documented in District Municipality of Muskoka include pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass and northern pike. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. On Saw Lake a short move beats a long cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warmest month averages 18°C, the coldest about -11°C. Cold locks it up for a good stretch each year. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about mid April. On average, mid April opens the water and early December closes it again. The middle of summer slows a little, with dawn and dusk carrying it. Plan any trip to Saw Lake around it.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. A camping area sits within 190 m of 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. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. The nearest alternative is Little Leech Lake, 1.6 km out. Check the current arrangement for Saw Lake.