Shanty Lake, Ontario: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  You will find Shanty Lake in Parry Sound District, Ontario. The surface lies 271 metres up. At about 40 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. About 4.2 km of bank, so nothing stays unexplored for long. You are 31 km from Parry Sound. The big place round here is Barrie, 132 km distant. Not far off: McLennan Lake sits 1.8 km out, Beckett Lake just 1.8 km, Round Lake sits 2.6 km out, Hosick Lake just 3.1 km and Quinn Lake sits 3.5 km out. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Shanty Lake

  Depth figures are not published for this one. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Survey and observation records for Parry Sound District include smallmouth bass, pumpkinseed, yellow perch and northern pike. County data is a starting point rather than a guarantee. On Shanty Lake the quiet end is the one worth the extra effort.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 19°C at the top of summer and -10°C at the bottom of winter. A full turn of seasons, with the strongest sport on either side of summer. The lid arrives early and lasts until roughly mid April. Break-up near mid April, freeze-up near early December: that is the shape of an average year. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. Plan any trip to Shanty Lake around it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Check locally before you travel, because a wasted drive is a long one. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. For a change of water, McLennan Lake is 1.8 km distant. Ask locally about Shanty Lake if anything is unclear.