Fishing at Yorston Lake, Nipissing District, Ontario

• Overview

  Set in Nipissing District, Yorston Lake is an Ontario water. The ground around here is pine and birch. Roughly 2.29 sq km of surface: treat each bay as a water in its own right. The margin runs to about 23 km in total. On our Nipissing District list it sits near the top for size. The nearest place of any size is Capreol, 50 km away. The big place round here is Greater Sudbury, 73 km distant. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Yorston Lake

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Species logged across Nipissing District include smallmouth bass, cisco, yellow perch and pumpkinseed. The county figures include rivers and lakes alike. Yorston Lake fishes better once you know its edges.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs -15°C to 18°C. Winter shuts the surface down for months. Once it clears, about late April, the fishing comes on quickly. Averages suggest open water from about late April through to roughly late November. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. That shapes the year on Yorston Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. Nothing built is recorded close to the bank here. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Parking is often the real limit rather than the bank itself. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. For a change of water, Little Bull Lake is 3.1 km distant. Ask locally about Yorston Lake if anything is unclear.