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

• Overview

  Look for Keon Lake in Renfrew County, Ontario. Country round the bank runs to rolling bush. Surface area runs to about 5 hectares — small enough to read in one session. By elevation it sits in the lower part of our Ontario listings. Supplies mean a trip to Deep River, 18 km off. Further out sit Chalk River (19 km) and Petawawa (34 km). This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Keon Lake

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Across Renfrew County, recorded fish include smallmouth bass, pumpkinseed, yellow perch, rock bass and brook trout. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. Keon Lake responds to conditions more than to tactics.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages move between -13°C in January and 19°C in July. Spring and autumn carry the fishing; summer and winter test it. Break-up comes around late April, and the run that follows is short and strong. Climate averages put the opening at about late April and the closing near late November. Right after break-up, and again as the nights sharpen, is when to go. On Keon Lake that shapes the whole year.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. Nothing is listed nearby for parking or launching a boat. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. For a change of water, Sloan Lake is 0.9 km distant. Signs at Keon Lake carry more weight than any list.