Fishing Little Round Lake in Renfrew County, Ontario

• Overview

  In Ontario, Little Round Lake belongs to Renfrew County. Country round the bank runs to rolling bush. This is a pocket water of some 8 hectares, and every part of it is reachable from the bank. Eganville sits 44 km from here and is the nearest stop. Petawawa is 45 km and Pembroke 49 km. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Little Round Lake

  Nothing in our records gives a depth for this one. 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 Renfrew County names smallmouth bass, pumpkinseed and yellow perch. Records at county level tell you what is around, not what is stocked here. Little Round Lake responds to conditions more than to tactics.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July near 19°C and January near -13°C on the long-run figures. Winter closes the water for a while, and the reopening is worth catching. Once it clears, about late April, the fishing comes on quickly. Average temperatures cross freezing around late April in spring and again near early December in autumn. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. That shapes the year on Little Round Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. There is no mapped parking or launch nearby, which keeps numbers down. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Parking space is the usual limit rather than the bank itself. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. Burns Lake, 1.3 km away, makes the obvious fallback. For Little Round Lake, the notice at the access point is the final word.