Lake · Muskoka, Ontario
Little Spaniel Lake
At a glance
- Area
- 6 ha (15 acres)
This lake's year
A ring of the twelve months, January at the top: the outer band is the ice cover, the inner rings the spawning months of the lake's species, and a needle marks the day this page was updated. The list beside it says the same.
- No published ice dates for this lake.
- 1. Creek chub spawns: Apr–Jul (months cited for Great Lakes populations)
- 2. Fathead minnow spawns: Apr–Sep (months cited for Great Lakes populations)
- 3. Northern redbelly dace spawns: May–Aug (months cited for Great Lakes populations)
- Needle: Oct 25, the day this page was updated
Spawning months from each species' cited source for this region, for its five best-recorded species here; ice dates from the published record (sources below). Summer layering and fall turnover are drawn only for lakes the USGS has modelled (in the U.S. Midwest).
Who lives here
- Brook trout Salvelinus fontinalisSurveyed · 2018 · Fish surveys: Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Aquatic Resource Area survey points. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario
- White sucker Catostomus commersoniiSurveyed · 2004 · Fish surveys: Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Aquatic Resource Area survey points. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario
- Creek chub Semotilus atromaculatusOn the agency's list · Fish species lists: Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Aquatic Resource Area polygon segments. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario
- Fathead minnow Pimephales promelasOn the agency's list · Fish species lists: Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Aquatic Resource Area polygon segments. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario
- Northern pearl dace Margariscus nachtriebiOn the agency's list · Fish species lists: Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Aquatic Resource Area polygon segments. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario
- Northern redbelly dace Chrosomus eosOn the agency's list · Fish species lists: Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Aquatic Resource Area polygon segments. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario
Not listed doesn't mean no fish.
Getting on the water
No public access site is listed for this water yet.
Listed by public agencies. A listed site doesn't make the water or its shore open to fishing: when in doubt, it's unknown. Check signs and local rules.
The rules
Summary, not the law. Check the official regulations before you fish.
- Brook troutClosed · 5 a day
As of October 25, 2026, for a fish of any size.
Official regulations: Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources
Official sources:
What's biting
This water is too small for community summaries: on a small water a summary could point to someone's spot.
About this page
Sources and licences:
- Natural Resources Canada, CanVec Hydro Features (1:50,000). Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.; Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB); Adapted from Statistics Canada, 2021 Census Boundary Files (census divisions, provinces). This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product. · Open Government Licence – Canada 2.0
- Fish species lists: Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Aquatic Resource Area polygon segments. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario · Open Government Licence – Ontario v1.0 (https://www.ontario.ca/page/open-government-licence-ontario, checked 2026-10-19): "The Information Provider grants you a worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual, non-exclusive licence to use the Information, including for commercial purposes" … "Copy, modify, publish, translate, adapt, distribute or otherwise use the Information in any medium, mode or format for any lawful purpose." data.ontario.ca aquatic-resource-area-polygon-segment: licence OGL-ON-1.0, access open; the map service: "This data is subject to terms of use. https://www.ontario.ca/page/open-government-licence-ontario".
- Fish surveys: Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Aquatic Resource Area survey points. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario · Open Government Licence – Ontario v1.0 (https://www.ontario.ca/page/open-government-licence-ontario, checked 2026-10-19): "The Information Provider grants you a worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual, non-exclusive licence to use the Information, including for commercial purposes" … "Copy, modify, publish, translate, adapt, distribute or otherwise use the Information in any medium, mode or format for any lawful purpose." data.ontario.ca aquatic-resource-area-survey-point: licence OGL-ON-1.0, access open.
Spawning months:
- Creek chub: Goodyear, C.D., T.A. Edsall, D.M. Ormsby Dempsey, G.D. Moss, and P.E. Polanski. 1982. Atlas of the spawning and nursery areas of Great Lakes fishes, Volume XIII: Reproductive characteristics of Great Lakes fishes. U.S. Fish Wildl. Serv. FWS/OBS-82/52, p. 74 (Great Lakes populations: spawning April to early July at 55-80 °F)
- Fathead minnow: Goodyear, C.D., T.A. Edsall, D.M. Ormsby Dempsey, G.D. Moss, and P.E. Polanski. 1982. Atlas of the spawning and nursery areas of Great Lakes fishes, Volume XIII: Reproductive characteristics of Great Lakes fishes. U.S. Fish Wildl. Serv. FWS/OBS-82/52, p. 71 (Great Lakes populations: spawning late April to early September at 60-85 °F, more than once a season)
- Northern redbelly dace: Goodyear, C.D., T.A. Edsall, D.M. Ormsby Dempsey, G.D. Moss, and P.E. Polanski. 1982. Atlas of the spawning and nursery areas of Great Lakes fishes, Volume XIII: Reproductive characteristics of Great Lakes fishes. U.S. Fish Wildl. Serv. FWS/OBS-82/52, p. 69 (Great Lakes populations: spawning May-August at 65-78 °F, sometimes twice)
The outline is drawn from the official water data credited above, without a basemap. These pages show no angler's catches, spots or tracks.