Ink Lake, Ontario: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  This water sits in Frontenac County, Ontario. Height above sea level is 246 metres. At about 22 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. Around 1.7 km of margin, front to back. Sharbot Lake sits 20 km from the bank. Tweed follows at 48 km, then Madoc at 54 km. The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Ink Lake

  Depth remains unrecorded, so treat the first session as a survey. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Across Frontenac County, recorded fish include pumpkinseed, bluegill, rock bass and smallmouth bass. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. The shape of Ink Lake decides where the fish sit.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July runs about 19°C on average, January about -11°C. Winter puts a hard lid on this one. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about mid April. Break-up near mid April, freeze-up near early December: that is the shape of an average year. The middle of summer slows a little, with dawn and dusk carrying it. Keep it in mind when planning a trip to Ink Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Nothing formal is recorded here: no ramp, no car park, no marked path. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Should this one be busy, Penny Lake is 3.2 km off. Where Ink Lake is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.