Martell Lake Fishing in Renfrew County, Ontario

• Overview

  Out in Renfrew County, Ontario, sits Martell Lake. The ground round it is lake country bush. It covers about 4 hectares, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. Most waters listed here for Renfrew County are larger. Supplies mean a trip to Renfrew, 19 km off. Nepean is the closest city, 76 km away. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Martell Lake

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Public occurrence data for Renfrew County names smallmouth bass, pumpkinseed and yellow perch. The county list is broader than any single water. Fish Martell Lake where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 20°C and January at -12°C. Winter shuts things down for a spell, then spring reopens them fast. Ice-out usually falls in mid April, and the weeks after it fish hardest. The lid tends to go about mid April and return around early December. The strongest runs come at either end of the open season. Anyone fishing Martell Lake regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. Expect 1.1 km away in from where the car goes. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Stones Lake, 2.8 km away, makes the obvious fallback. None of that is settled for Martell Lake in what we hold.