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Bass Lakes in Ontario

Government fish surveys have recorded bass in 670 Ontario lakes, 28% of the 2,365 lakes in this atlas with sport-fish records.

Lakes
670
Recorded since 2010
493
Median size
3.69 km²
Median max depth
24 m
Latest record
2918

Where it is found

Most of these lakes are in Kenora (64), Rainy River (60) and Sudbury (45).

In these lakes the sport fish most often recorded alongside it are yellow perch (81%), northern pike (63%), rock bass (62%) and pumpkinseed (59%).

Seasons, limits and sanctuaries vary by zone: check the Ontario Fishing Regulations Summary before you fish.

Clear LakeBerford LakeHead LakeShabomeka LakeBelmont LakeSparrow LakeSalmon Trout LakeMiller LakeFarlain LakeKashwakamak LakeBrule LakeLake CouchichingLake TemagamiBig Rideau LakeMississagua LakeSkootamatta LakeCrotch LakeLake ScugogEels LakeKatchewanooka LakeLake MuskokaBalsam LakeLake PanacheKamaniskeg LakeLower Beverley LakeChesley LakeLake JosephKennisis LakeCordova LakeGloucester PoolChandos LakePigeon LakeLake SimcoeAhmic LakeSydenham LakeObabika LakeLovesick LakeAylen LakeSilent LakeEugenia LakeBaptiste LakeJack LakePaudash LakeLittle LakeCharleston LakeBark LakeBig Hawk LakeRedstone LakeShadow LakeBig Clear LakeCanal LakeSharbot LakeLake RosseauLake ClearLake ManitouRice LakeLake DoréLake BelwoodLake CecebeLake GibsonBig Gull LakeRock LakeWeslemkoon LakeKukagami LakeCalabogie LakeCrystal LakeNewboro LakeDiamond LakeLake of BaysMatinenda LakeMartindale PondElliot LakeWadsworth LakeDrag LakeMississagagon LakeMindemoya LakeOtty LakeSalerno LakeLoughborough LakeGolden LakeLake of the WoodsDogtooth LakeUpper Mazinaw LakeHawkeye LakeKennebec LakeKahshe LakeOxtongue LakeOrr LakeBear LakeDalhousie LakeLake BernardAnstruther LakeBlack Donald LakeKashagawigamog LakeLongbow LakeSkeleton LakeCanoe LakeDesert LakeLake TimiskamingAgnew LakeDog LakeFanshawe LakeMalachi LakeMiskwabi LakeLake NipissingBlack Sturgeon LakeLake VernonOnaping LakeConestogo LakeOpeongo LakeLake St. PeterHorwood Lake
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By species

SpeciesLakes with survey recordsLakes stockedShare of all
Smallmouth Bass59489%
Largemouth Bass28743%

Where bass is most consistently recorded

Ranked by consistency: the lower bound of a 95% confidence interval on the share of the lake’s surveys that found it. A lake where 18 of 20 surveys found it ranks above one where 1 of 1 did. Lakes known only from stocking come last.

#LakeSurveysLast recordMax depth mArea km²
1Christie ReservoirHamiltonLargemouth Bass 16/1620130.41
2Little Basswood LakeAlgomaSmallmouth Bass 27/292019102.17
3Heart LakePeelLargemouth Bass 23/25 · Smallmouth Bass 1/252018100.17
4Bass LakeSimcoeLargemouth Bass 11/25 · Smallmouth Bass 23/25201295.49
5Farren LakeLanarkLargemouth Bass 9/17 · Smallmouth Bass 16/172010211.76
6Boom LakeNipissingSmallmouth Bass 10/1020190.46
7Tadenac LakeMuskokaSmallmouth Bass 15/1620142.71
8Clear LakePeterboroughSmallmouth Bass 8/820081311.3
9Lower Rideau LakeLanarkLargemouth Bass 12/13 · Smallmouth Bass 8/13201912.6
10Grindstone LakeFrontenacLargemouth Bass 1/7 · Smallmouth Bass 7/72012201.61
11Berford LakeBruceLargemouth Bass 1/7 · Smallmouth Bass 7/719994.13
12Lower Island LakeAlgomaSmallmouth Bass 14/16202180.58
13Cloud LakeThunder BaySmallmouth Bass 17/202015154.03
14Clam LakeSudburySmallmouth Bass 160/2302021100.82
15Head LakeKawartha LakesLargemouth Bass 6/45 · Smallmouth Bass 34/45201579.44
16Buckhorn LakePeterboroughLargemouth Bass 40/54 · Smallmouth Bass 19/5420131232.8
17Harris LakeParry SoundSmallmouth Bass 6/62019183.6
18Shabomeka LakeFrontenacLargemouth Bass 3/6 · Smallmouth Bass 6/62014272.56
19Gould LakeBruceLargemouth Bass 4/6 · Smallmouth Bass 6/6199981.15
20Crowe LakeHastingsLargemouth Bass 11/43 · Smallmouth Bass 32/4320141510.4
21Lake SenecaYorkLargemouth Bass 9/10 · Smallmouth Bass 1/1020040.26
22Wilcox LakeYorkLargemouth Bass 35/48 · Smallmouth Bass 4/482022160.57
23Smoky LakeParry SoundLargemouth Bass 3/20 · Smallmouth Bass 16/202011242.02
24Cameron LakeBruceSmallmouth Bass 50/732013172.33
25Belmont LakePeterboroughLargemouth Bass 8/48 · Smallmouth Bass 34/482014167.85
26Little LakeSimcoeLargemouth Bass 12/31 · Smallmouth Bass 23/312020104.01
27Great Mountain LakeSudburyLargemouth Bass 5/19 · Smallmouth Bass 15/192011372.01
28Warner LakeFrontenacLargemouth Bass 5/520220.1
29Dow's LakeOttawaLargemouth Bass 5/520180.23
30Sparrow LakeMuskokaLargemouth Bass 13/44 · Smallmouth Bass 31/4420141211.2
31Lake NiapencoHamiltonLargemouth Bass 63/96 · Smallmouth Bass 33/9620151.8
32Gillies LakeBruceSmallmouth Bass 16/212012322.17
33Big Deer LakeParry SoundSmallmouth Bass 16/212011151.64
34Christie LakeLanarkLargemouth Bass 2/15 · Smallmouth Bass 12/152010186.56
35Smoke LakeNipissingSmallmouth Bass 12/156.65
36Salmon Trout LakeHastingsSmallmouth Bass 14/182011121.01
37Miller LakeBruceSmallmouth Bass 23/32201263.17
38Farlain LakeSimcoeLargemouth Bass 5/29 · Smallmouth Bass 21/29201451.09
39Silver LakeBruceLargemouth Bass 11/14 · Smallmouth Bass 6/142012180.59
40Sunbow LakeThunder BaySmallmouth Bass 11/142008215.61
41Lake St. FrancisLe Haut-Saint-LaurentLargemouth Bass 47/75 · Smallmouth Bass 7/752010238
42Upper Mud LakeLanarkLargemouth Bass 4/420190.37
43Charlotte LakeRenfrewLargemouth Bass 1/4 · Smallmouth Bass 4/42014241.13
44Kishkebus LakeFrontenacSmallmouth Bass 4/42014270.87
45Blind LakeHuronLargemouth Bass 4/4 · Smallmouth Bass 2/419890.25
46McCharles LakeSudburySmallmouth Bass 4/42.26
47Tyson LakeSudburySmallmouth Bass 4/43711.1
48Opinicon LakeLeeds and GrenvilleLargemouth Bass 116/201 · Smallmouth Bass 16/20120198.32
49Kashwakamak LakeFrontenacLargemouth Bass 3/46 · Smallmouth Bass 30/4620142111.7
50White LakeRenfrewLargemouth Bass 30/46 · Smallmouth Bass 16/462014923.8

Top 50 of 670 lakes. Download the full list (CSV). Source: Ontario’s Aquatic Resource Area survey summaries and fish stocking records (Ministry of Natural Resources, OGL-Ontario). Data as of October 9, 2026. A record means a survey caught or observed the species, not that it is abundant today.

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