Old Lake CottageSplake fishing near North Bay, ON
340 documented waters within 300 km, 230 of them with splake as the primary species.
Where they are biting today
- Spring Lake (Bancroft)76
- Smudge Lake (Minden)75
- Centre Triple Lake (Iroquois Falls)75
- Smoke Lake (Algonquin Park)75
- Vixen Lake (Buckhorn)75
- Pascal Lake (lac Pascal)75
- Mohan Lake (Parry Sound)75
- Ryan Lake (Whitney)75
- Pleasant Lake (Espanola)75
- Spring Lake (Iroquois Falls)75
Fishing splake around North Bay
Splake fishing near North Bay starts from a well-documented base: 340 documented waters within range of town are confirmed to hold splake, and each one is re-scored every morning from live weather and water-temperature data. The ranking on this page is today's read of the strongest bets, not a static best-of list.
There is a spread worth reading in today's leaders. Spring Lake (Bancroft) sets the pace at 76 (about 206 km from North Bay, roughly 8 m of water at its deepest), while Smudge Lake (Minden) sits at 75 (about 170 km from North Bay, roughly 3 m of water at its deepest). Centre Triple Lake (Iroquois Falls) holds third at 75. Those gaps are real information: the same splake conditions rarely land evenly across different depths, sizes and shorelines.
Splake are a hatchery cross between brook trout and lake trout, stocked widely because they grow faster than brook trout while staying more catchable in accessible depths than lake trout - a genuinely practical middle ground for a coldwater fishery. Splake swim in smaller lakes stocked by the Ontario MNRF, using both parent habitats: shallow fertile flats with weeds and downed trees plus nearby hard rock breaklines and boulder ledges dropping toward 25 to 30 feet. Cover water and adjust often: through the ice, jig a Williams spoon or tube while a minnow soaks on a second line; in open water, cast small in-line spinners, spoons or drift a minnow under a slip bobber.
Everything above is recomputed daily - the numbers on this page reflect September 14, 2026 - so check back before committing to a water: the leaders genuinely change as weather systems move through.