Beech Lake Fishing in Lennox and Addington County, Ontario

• Overview

  Beech Lake sits within Lennox and Addington County in Ontario. What surrounds it is lake country bush. Small at around 2 hectares: two anglers spread out cover most of it. On size it sits at the modest end of our Lennox and Addington County list. Bancroft sits 43 km from the bank. The nearest city of size is Kingston, 105 km away. A county boundary sits nearby, which can matter for local access rules.

• Where to Fish on Beech Lake

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Survey and observation records for Lennox and Addington County include pumpkinseed, rock bass and smallmouth bass. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. The near bank of Beech Lake is often the one people ignore.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Typical July readings run about 19°C; by January the average is down near -12°C. Winter shuts the surface down for months. Firm cover through the cold months, then open water from late April. The season between ice runs from about late April to early December. From the thaw to midsummer the fishing improves week by week. It sets the rhythm of the year at Beech Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. There is no mapped parking or launch nearby, which keeps numbers down. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Ask in the nearest town if you are unsure. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. The nearest alternative is Kerr Lake, 1.8 km out. What applies at Beech Lake may have changed since it was mapped.