Fishing at Brougham Lake, Renfrew County, Ontario

• Overview

  Brougham Lake is a Renfrew County water, Ontario side. This is mixed forest country. At roughly 2 hectares, the whole thing is within casting reach of a single walk. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Renfrew County. The closest town, Eganville, is 22 km distant. The big place round here is Nepean, 104 km distant. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Brougham Lake

  Our records carry no depth, so judge it from the bank. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. 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, rock bass and brook trout. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. At Brougham Lake the water rewards a slow, careful approach.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 19°C and January at -12°C. Hard water is a season in its own right here. Look for the thaw near late April; the fishing lifts straight after. Ice clears near late April and comes back about early December in a typical year. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. On Brougham Lake that shapes the whole year.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Sort the permit out before you load the car. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. For a change of water, Eleanor Lake is 0.8 km distant. Where Brougham Lake is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.