Fishing at Wry Lake, Nipissing District, Ontario

• Overview

  Set in Nipissing District, Wry Lake is an Ontario water. Country round the bank runs to mixed forest. With some 16 hectares of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. There is roughly 2.9 km of shoreline here, which is a short walk end to end. Nearest town is United Townships of Dysart, Dudley, Harcourt, Guilford, Harburn, Bruton, Havelock, Eyre and Clyde, 51 km off. It is 164 km to Barrie, the nearest city. No county line comes close, which keeps the paperwork simple.

• Where to Fish on Wry Lake

  Depth is not on record here, so the bank has to tell you. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Open biodiversity records for Nipissing District list smallmouth bass, cisco and yellow perch. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. On Wry Lake the obvious spot is not always the productive one.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Typical July readings run about 18°C; by January the average is down near -13°C. Four clear seasons, with a proper winter at one end. Winter locks it down, and late April brings it back. The season between ice runs from about late April to late November. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. At Wry Lake the season follows that pattern closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  The access position is unclear from public sources. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. Mapping records no facilities at all near this water. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. Eel Lake at 1.1 km is the sensible second choice. Ask locally about Wry Lake if anything is unclear.