Little Limestone Lake Fishing near Eganville, Ontario

• Overview

  The Renfrew County end of Ontario holds Little Limestone Lake. The water sits 285 metres up. Surface area runs to about 2 hectares — small enough to read in one session. On size it sits at the modest end of our Renfrew County list. Eganville at 34 km is the nearest place to stop. For a city, Nepean is 101 km off. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Little Limestone Lake

  We hold no depth figure for this one. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Open biodiversity records for Renfrew County list smallmouth bass, pumpkinseed, yellow perch, rock bass and brook trout. Records at county level tell you what is around, not what is stocked here. On Little Limestone Lake a short move beats a long cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 19°C; the cold one sits at -12°C. Four clear seasons, with a proper winter at one end. After late April the shallows warm and the fish move up. Averages suggest open water from about late April through to roughly early December. Fishing peaks soon after break-up and again before the cold returns. That is the shape of the year on Little Limestone Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  There is no clear statement anywhere on who can fish it. Nothing in the way of made access shows up nearby: no ramp, no car park, no path. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Read any posted signs at the access point rather than assuming. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. For a change of water, Big Limestone Lake is 1 km distant. Nothing here settles the position at Little Limestone Lake for certain.