Little Yantha Lake in Renfrew County: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Set in Renfrew County, Ontario, this is Little Yantha Lake. The surface lies 413 metres up. At 6 hectares it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. Bancroft lies 36 km from the water. The nearest city of size is Nepean, 150 km away. Close by you also have: Peplinski Lake roughly 1.6 km, Bennett Lake 2.5 km, Littlecoot Lake roughly 2.5 km, Babycoot Lake 2.6 km and Baldcoot Lake roughly 2.8 km. This one sits near enough to a boundary to be worth checking.

• Where to Fish on Little Yantha Lake

  Nothing in our records gives a depth for this one. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. County-wide records name smallmouth bass, pumpkinseed, yellow perch and rock bass. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Treat Little Yantha Lake as a water to read rather than to cover.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs -12°C to 19°C. Winter shuts the surface down for months. The lid usually goes in late April, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. The season between ice runs from about late April to early December. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. Little Yantha Lake fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public sources are silent on who controls the bank. Nothing is listed nearby for parking or launching a boat. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. A phone call first saves an afternoon. Keep proof of licence with you rather than in the car. If the gate is shut, Peplinski Lake at 1.6 km is the nearest alternative. For Little Yantha Lake, the notice at the access point is the final word.