Fishing Colton Lake in Renfrew County, Ontario

• Overview

  Set in Renfrew County, Colton Lake is an Ontario water. What surrounds it is lake country bush. It runs to roughly 16 hectares — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. Shoreline comes to about 2.0 km, small enough to learn in a day. It is low-lying compared with other Ontario water we list. You are 19 km from Deep River. It is 175 km to Gatineau, the nearest city. The county edge is within a short distance of the bank.

• Where to Fish on Colton Lake

  Depth is not on record here, which means reading the ground instead. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Across Renfrew County, recorded fish include smallmouth bass, pumpkinseed and yellow perch. The county list is broader than any single water. Anyone new to Colton Lake should walk it once before setting up.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 19°C and January at -13°C. The freeze arrives properly here and holds. Once it clears, about late April, the fishing comes on quickly. The lid tends to go about late April and return around late November. Late spring and early autumn carry the year between them. Plan any trip to Colton Lake around it.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. There is no mapped parking or launch close by, which usually means walking in. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. Marsh Lake, 1.9 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Nothing on Colton Lake should be assumed from this page alone.