Wawiagama Lake Fishing Guide, Nipissing District, Ontario

• Overview

  Wawiagama Lake sits within Nipissing District in Ontario. The water sits 273 metres up. It measures some 6.40 sq km, and wind has room to build across it. At about 17 km of edge, most people work one arm at a time. On our Nipissing District list it sits near the top for size. Head to Capreol, 54 km away, for anything you forgot. It is 74 km to Greater Sudbury, the nearest city. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Wawiagama Lake

  No figure exists for depth, so let the water show you. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Fish documented in Nipissing District include smallmouth bass, cisco, yellow perch, pumpkinseed and rock bass. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. On Wawiagama Lake a short move beats a long cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 18°C; the cold one sits at -15°C. Cold locks it up for a good stretch each year. The freeze runs deep into the year, with break-up near late April. Averages suggest open water from about late April through to roughly late November. Spring is short and heavy here; autumn is longer and steadier. That is the shape of the year on Wawiagama Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Local rules can differ across the county line, so check where you stand. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. Little Weasel Lake, 5.1 km away, makes the obvious fallback. For Wawiagama Lake, the notice at the access point is the final word.