Fishing Grassy Lake in Cochrane District, Ontario

• Overview

  Within Cochrane District, Ontario, you have Grassy Lake. The country here is mixed forest. At about 55 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. Bank access stretches around 3.4 km in total. The closest town, Iroquois Falls, is 29 km distant. Timmins is 53 km and Kirkland Lake 59 km. The nearest edge is a long way off, so local rules apply throughout.

• Where to Fish on Grassy Lake

  The records we hold are silent on depth, so plan to find it yourself. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Species logged across Cochrane District include 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. Fish Grassy Lake to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 17°C in July and bottoms out near -18°C in January. Winter shuts things down for a spell, then spring reopens them fast. Count the season from break-up, usually early May. Break-up near early May, freeze-up near mid November: that is the shape of an average year. The first weeks of open water and the last are the ones to plan for. On Grassy Lake that shapes the whole year.

• Tackle & Baits

  There is no clear statement anywhere on who can fish it. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. No made access appears within a short radius, so plan to park on a verge and walk. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Parking space is the usual limit rather than the bank itself. Keep proof of licence with you rather than in the car. Should this one be busy, Linimint Lake is 1.1 km off. None of that is settled for Grassy Lake in what we hold.