South Misty Lake Fishing in Nipissing District, Ontario

• Overview

  South Misty Lake is a Nipissing District water, Ontario side. The ground round it is lake country bush. At 3 hectares it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. Our Nipissing District list holds plenty of bigger water. Some 22 km away sits United Townships of Dysart, Dudley, Harcourt, Guilford, Harburn, Bruton, Havelock, Eyre and Clyde, the nearest settlement. Haliburton Village follows at 39 km, then Bancroft at 58 km. This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on South Misty Lake

  We hold no survey for this water; read the slope of the shoreline instead. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Reported across Nipissing District: smallmouth bass, cisco, yellow perch, pumpkinseed and rock bass. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. South Misty Lake gives up its fish to patience rather than distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is -12°C to 18°C. Fishing here follows the temperature more than the calendar. Ice-out usually falls in late April, and the weeks after it fish hardest. Average temperatures cross freezing around late April in spring and again near late November in autumn. June through September is the settled part of the year, with the shoulders busier for fish. The season on South Misty Lake rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. Nothing formal is recorded here: no ramp, no car park, no marked path. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. The nearest alternative is Harder Lake, 1 km out. For South Misty Lake, the notice at the access point is the final word.