Bearsmouth Lake Fishing in Renfrew County, Ontario

• Overview

  Bearsmouth Lake is a Renfrew County water, Ontario side. The ground around here is pine and birch. At 5 hectares it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. Bancroft sits 41 km from here and is the nearest stop. For a city, Kingston is 126 km off. The boundary is close enough to be worth checking before you fish.

• Where to Fish on Bearsmouth Lake

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Species logged across Renfrew County include smallmouth bass, pumpkinseed, yellow perch, rock bass and brook trout. Records at county level tell you what is around, not what is stocked here. On Bearsmouth Lake a short move beats a long cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July to average close to 18°C, with January the cold end at about -12°C. Winter puts a hard lid on this one. Break-up comes around late April, and the run that follows is short and strong. 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. That is the shape of the year on Bearsmouth Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. There is no recorded infrastructure here; expect to find your own way 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. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. For a change of water, Graham Lake is 1.3 km distant. What applies at Bearsmouth Lake may have changed since it was mapped.