Fishing Kidney Lake in Lanark County, Ontario

• Overview

  Kidney Lake sits in Lanark County, out in Ontario. The water sits 281 metres up. At roughly 3 hectares, the whole thing is within casting reach of a single walk. It is a small entry by Lanark County standards. Renfrew is the closest town at 37 km. Sharbot Lake follows at 42 km, then Arnprior at 47 km. You are close to a county edge here; who manages the access can change within a short drive.

• Where to Fish on Kidney Lake

  Depth figures are not published for this one. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Reported across Lanark County: pumpkinseed, rock bass, smallmouth bass and bluegill. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. Kidney Lake repays a walk before the first cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate normals give 19°C for July and -11°C for January. Cold locks it up for a good stretch each year. Hard water holds through the cold months, breaking up near late April. The season between ice runs from about late April to early December. September and October fish steadily right up to the freeze. Expect Kidney Lake to follow that timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  There is no clear statement anywhere on who can fish it. Access points are not mapped for this water, which suits people who like quiet. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Larocques Lake, 0.8 km away, makes the obvious fallback. For Kidney Lake, the notice at the access point is the final word.