Fishing at Wasp Lake, Nipissing District, Ontario

• Overview

  Look for Wasp Lake in Nipissing District, Ontario. The surface lies 416 metres up. Surface area runs to about 5 hectares — small enough to read in one session. On size it sits at the modest end of our Nipissing District list. South River lies 43 km from the water. The big place round here is Barrie, 171 km distant. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Wasp Lake

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Across Nipissing District, recorded fish include smallmouth bass, cisco, yellow perch and pumpkinseed. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Fish Wasp Lake to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 18°C; the cold one sits at -13°C. Winter puts a hard lid on this one. Winter locks it down, and late April brings it back. Open water usually runs from late April until about late November. June through September is the settled part of the year, with the shoulders busier for fish. That shapes the year on Wasp Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. Mapping records no facilities at all near this water. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Bank access can be seasonal on ground like this. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Failing this one, try Wehawe Lake, 0.7 km away. Nothing on Wasp Lake should be assumed from this page alone.