Fishing Beeches Lake in Renfrew County, Ontario

• Overview

  In Ontario, Beeches Lake falls inside Renfrew County. It sits at 391 metres above sea level. Small at around 5 hectares: two anglers spread out cover most of it. Our Renfrew County list holds plenty of bigger water. Bancroft is the closest place, 32 km off. For a city, Kingston is 132 km off. Two sets of local rules meet not far from this water.

• Where to Fish on Beeches Lake

  Depth is not on record here, which means reading the ground instead. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Survey and observation records for Renfrew County include smallmouth bass, pumpkinseed, yellow perch and rock bass. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. At Beeches Lake the water rewards a slow, careful approach.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-run averages give July about 18°C and January about -12°C. Spring and autumn carry the fishing; summer and winter test it. The lid usually sets by midwinter and gives way around late April. In an average year the thaw lands around late April and the freeze near early December. Fish feed hardest at the start and the close of the open season. On Beeches Lake the same rules apply, with local timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. There is no mapped parking or launch nearby, which keeps numbers down. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. A phone call first saves an afternoon. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. The nearest alternative is Little Black Lake, 1.5 km out. Nothing here settles the position at Beeches Lake for certain.