Little Ramsbottoms Lake Fishing in Lanark County, Ontario

• Overview

  Little Ramsbottoms Lake is a Lanark County water, Ontario side. The water sits 178 metres up. At roughly 4 hectares, the whole thing is within casting reach of a single walk. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Lanark County. Carleton Place sits 14 km from the bank. Nepean is the closest city, 54 km away. No boundary runs near, so the local rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on Little Ramsbottoms Lake

  Depth is not on record here, which means reading the ground instead. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Public occurrence data for Lanark County names pumpkinseed, rock bass, smallmouth bass and bluegill. At least one recorded species is protected in parts of its range; read the local rules before targeting anything. Fish Little Ramsbottoms Lake where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July is the warm end of the year here, averaging about 20°C, while January sits near -11°C. Spring and autumn carry the fishing; summer and winter test it. Ice-out usually falls in mid April, and the weeks after it fish hardest. From about mid April to around early December, expect open water on the long-run figures. Late spring and early autumn carry the year between them. Little Ramsbottoms Lake runs to that rhythm year in and year out.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether the bank is open is not something our records settle. Nothing in the way of made access shows up nearby: no ramp, no car park, no path. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. Harding Lake, 4.7 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Where Little Ramsbottoms Lake is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.