Dicks Lake in Renfrew County: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Renfrew County, Ontario, is where Dicks Lake sits. The bank is 322 metres above sea level. It runs to roughly 30 hectares — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. Roughly 4.0 km of bank means you can walk to a fresh area when one goes quiet. The town to know is Eganville, 29 km out. Nepean is the closest city, 108 km away. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Dicks Lake

  Depth is not on record here, so the bank has to tell you. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Reported across Renfrew County: smallmouth bass, pumpkinseed, yellow perch and rock bass. County records show what lives in the area; the local agency holds the water-by-water list. Treat Dicks Lake as a water to read rather than to cover.

• Seasonal Patterns

  On the long-term average, July reads 18°C and January reads -12°C. The freeze arrives properly here and holds. After late April the shallows warm and the fish move up. In an average year the thaw lands around late April and the freeze near early December. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. Plan any trip to Dicks Lake around it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Nothing built is recorded close to the bank here. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Keep proof of licence with you rather than in the car. For a change of water, Strains Lake is 1.7 km distant. Check the current arrangement for Dicks Lake.