Chartrand Lake Fishing Guide, Cochrane District, Ontario

• Overview

  Chartrand Lake lies in Cochrane District, Ontario. Height above sea level is 245 metres. Roughly 11 hectares: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. The nearest place of any size is Cochrane, 7.7 km away. For a city, Greater Sudbury is 294 km off. More in the same country: Lillabelle Lake the better part of 3.1 km, Lauzon Lake about 3.9 km, Genier Lake the better part of 4.6 km, Dora Lake about 7.1 km and Spring Lake the better part of 7.4 km. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Chartrand Lake

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. County-wide records name northern pike, yellow perch, white sucker, Iowa darter and logperch. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. Chartrand Lake fishes better once you know its edges.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages move between -19°C in January and 17°C in July. Ice holds for a long stretch, so the open weeks matter more here than further south. Ice-out usually falls in early May, and the weeks after it fish hardest. The water is typically free of ice between early May and mid November. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. Keep it in mind when planning a trip to Chartrand Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing we hold confirms whether access is permitted. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Check locally before you travel, because a wasted drive is a long one. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Should this one be busy, Lillabelle Lake is 3.1 km off. Nothing on Chartrand Lake should be assumed from this page alone.