Green Lake near Pembroke: Fishing Spots, Seasons and Access

• Overview

  This water sits in Renfrew County, Ontario. The bank gives way to lake country bush. The water covers some 35 hectares, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. The bank runs about 3.0 km all the way round, so one visit can cover most of it. Size puts it in the front rank of our Renfrew County list. Head to Pembroke, 16 km away, for anything you forgot. The nearest city of size is Gatineau, 114 km away. This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Green Lake

  No published figure covers depth, so learn it as you fish. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Across Renfrew County, recorded fish include smallmouth bass, pumpkinseed, yellow perch, rock bass and brook trout. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. At Green Lake the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 19°C at the top of summer and -13°C at the bottom of winter. Cold winters and warm summers give a wide working range. After late April the shallows warm and the fish move up. Expect the water usable from around late April until roughly early December. The middle of summer slows a little, with dawn and dusk carrying it. On Green Lake that shapes the whole year.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing we hold confirms whether access is permitted. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. There is no recorded infrastructure here; expect to find your own way in. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. Lake Dore sits 6.7 km off and takes the overflow. Where Green Lake is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.