Secord Lake, Ontario: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Set in Nipissing District, Ontario, this is Secord Lake. It sits in lake country bush. It covers about 3 hectares, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. Most waters listed here for Nipissing District are larger. 24 km away sits Témiscaming, the nearest town. Notre-Dame-du-Lac lies 28 km off, North Bay another 49 km. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Secord Lake

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Across Nipissing District, recorded fish include smallmouth bass, cisco, yellow perch and pumpkinseed. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. Secord Lake gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  On the long-term average, July reads 18°C and January reads -14°C. Hard water is a season in its own right here. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about late April. The lid tends to go about late April and return around late November. Late spring and early autumn carry the year between them. Anyone fishing Secord Lake regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  The access position is unclear from public sources. No built facilities appear in mapping around this water. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Parking is often the real limit rather than the bank itself. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Boland Lake, 1.9 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Check the position at Secord Lake before loading the car.