Coutts Lake Fishing Guide, Cochrane District, Ontario

• Overview

  Coutts Lake is set in Cochrane District, Ontario. Height above sea level is 312 metres. The water measures roughly 7 hectares, so nothing here is far from anything else. Most waters listed here for Cochrane District are larger. Nearest place of any size is Timmins, 50 km away. Kirkland Lake is 53 km and Iroquois Falls 56 km. The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Coutts Lake

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. County-wide records name northern pike, yellow perch, white sucker, Iowa darter and logperch. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. On Coutts Lake a short move beats a long cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Seasonal averages run from -18°C in January up to 18°C in July. Cold winters and warm summers give a wide working range. The lid usually sets by midwinter and gives way around early May. Averages suggest open water from about early May through to roughly mid November. Late spring and early autumn carry the year between them. The season on Coutts Lake rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether the bank is open is not something our records settle. Nothing is mapped in the way of a ramp or car park within a short radius. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. A phone call first saves an afternoon. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Holster Lake, 0.5 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Rules at Coutts Lake are worth checking on the day.