Segwun Lake in Nipissing District: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Segwun Lake is a Nipissing District water, Ontario side. It lies 417 metres above sea level. At 10 hectares it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. Shoreline comes to about 1.8 km, small enough to learn in a day. United Townships of Dysart, Dudley, Harcourt, Guilford, Harburn, Bruton, Havelock, Eyre and Clyde sits 47 km from here and is the nearest stop. The big place round here is Barrie, 176 km distant. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Segwun Lake

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Records held for Nipissing District cover smallmouth bass, cisco, yellow perch and pumpkinseed. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Take Segwun Lake a stretch at a time.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages move between -13°C in January and 18°C in July. The year runs cold to warm and back, with clear transitions. The lid arrives early and lasts until roughly late April. From about late April to around late November, expect open water on the long-run figures. June through September is the settled part of the year, with the shoulders busier for fish. It sets the rhythm of the year at Segwun Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. Nothing formal is recorded here: no ramp, no car park, no marked path. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. For a change of water, Bailey Lake is 0.8 km distant. For Segwun Lake in particular, ask before you travel.