Fishing Marsh Lake in Renfrew County, Ontario

• Overview

  Ontario holds Marsh Lake, in Renfrew County. Elevation runs to 271 metres. The water measures roughly 8 hectares, so nothing here is far from anything else. Renfrew lies 37 km from the water. It is 96 km to Nepean, the nearest city. Round about: Rockcliffe Lake out at 1 km, Little Camp Lake the better part of 1.5 km, Juniper Lake out at 2.7 km, Fox Lake the better part of 2.9 km and Little Mountain Lake out at 3.5 km. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Marsh Lake

  We hold no survey for this water; read the slope of the shoreline instead. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. County-wide records name smallmouth bass, pumpkinseed, yellow perch and rock bass. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. At Marsh Lake the water rewards a slow, careful approach.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Seasonal averages run from -12°C in January up to 19°C in July. Fishing here follows the temperature more than the calendar. Winter locks it down, and late April brings it back. Averages place the thaw at late April and the freeze at early December. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. At Marsh Lake the season follows that pattern closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. A slipway is marked about 1.5 km from here. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. The nearest alternative is Rockcliffe Lake, 1 km out. Confirm access to Marsh Lake locally before you travel.