Fishing Alfes Lake in Renfrew County, Ontario

• Overview

  Set in Renfrew County, Alfes Lake is an Ontario water. The bank is 282 metres above sea level. At 2 hectares it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. Our Renfrew County list holds plenty of bigger water. Supplies mean a trip to Eganville, 36 km off. After that come Renfrew at 38 km and Cobden at 47 km. No county line comes close, which keeps the paperwork simple.

• Where to Fish on Alfes Lake

  No published figure covers depth, so learn it as you fish. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Records held for Renfrew County cover smallmouth bass, pumpkinseed, yellow perch and rock bass. Read it as a county summary, not a water-by-water list. On Alfes Lake that means starting tight and working out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-run averages give July about 19°C and January about -12°C. A solid cap is the normal state through winter. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about late April. On average, late April opens the water and early December closes it again. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. It holds true on Alfes Lake more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public sources are silent on who controls the bank. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. For a change of water, Leclaire Lake is 1.6 km distant. Treat Alfes Lake as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.