Grassy Lake Fishing Guide, Renfrew County, Ontario

• Overview

  Grassy Lake is a Renfrew County water, in Ontario. Around the bank it is mixed forest. The water covers some 20 hectares, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. The whole outline is near 1.9 km, and most of it is walkable. For a base, Eganville sits 18 km out. Cobden follows at 35 km, then Renfrew at 38 km. No boundary runs near, so the local rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on Grassy Lake

  No published figure covers depth, so learn it as you fish. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Fish documented in Renfrew County include smallmouth bass, pumpkinseed and yellow perch. The county figures include rivers and lakes alike. Grassy Lake gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July to average close to 18°C, with January the cold end at about -12°C. A full turn of seasons, with the strongest sport on either side of summer. After late April the shallows warm and the fish move up. Open water usually runs from late April until about early December. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. It sets the rhythm of the year at Grassy Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  There is no clear statement anywhere on who can fish it. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. No car park, ramp or path is recorded within easy reach of the shore. 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. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. McDonalds Lake sits 1.5 km off and takes the overflow. Nothing here settles the position at Grassy Lake for certain.