Black Lake Fishing near Eganville, Ontario

• Overview

  Black Lake sits in Renfrew County, out in Ontario. It sits in rolling bush. It covers about 5 hectares, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. On size it sits at the modest end of our Renfrew County list. For a base, Eganville sits 29 km out. For a city, Nepean is 97 km off. No county line comes close, which keeps the paperwork simple.

• Where to Fish on Black Lake

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Records held for Renfrew County cover smallmouth bass, pumpkinseed and yellow perch. Take it as the county picture rather than a promise for this water. Fish Black Lake to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 18°C in July and bottoms out near -12°C in January. The middle months are generous; the ends are demanding. The freeze runs deep into the year, with break-up near late April. The lid tends to go about late April and return around early December. September and October fish steadily right up to the freeze. Black Lake fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access status is simply unknown for this water. There is no mapped parking or launch nearby, which keeps numbers down. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Check locally before you travel, because a wasted drive is a long one. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. If the gate is shut, Joes Lake at 0.6 km is the nearest alternative. None of that is settled for Black Lake in what we hold.