Fishing at Beaver Lake, Renfrew County, Ontario

• Overview

  Beaver Lake sits in Renfrew County, out in Ontario. Elevation runs to 314 metres. The water covers some 14 hectares, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. Roughly 2.0 km of bank means you can walk to a fresh area when one goes quiet. Deep River is the closest town at 29 km. The big place round here is Gatineau, 182 km distant. The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Beaver Lake

  We hold no survey for this water; read the slope of the shoreline instead. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Records held for Renfrew County cover smallmouth bass, pumpkinseed, yellow perch and rock bass. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. On Beaver Lake the quiet end is the one worth the extra effort.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate normals give 18°C for July and -13°C for January. The freeze arrives properly here and holds. The lid arrives early and lasts until roughly late April. The open-water window runs from around late April to about late November in an average year. From the thaw to midsummer the fishing improves week by week. The season on Beaver Lake rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. Nothing is listed nearby for parking or launching a boat. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. Rock Lake, 1.4 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Nothing on Beaver Lake should be assumed from this page alone.