Fishing Mohawk Lake in Brant, Ontario

• Overview

  Mohawk Lake sits in Brant, out in Ontario. The surroundings are rolling bush. Around 13 hectares of surface means several distinct areas to work. With 6.7 km or so of shoreline, boat anglers cover ground the bank cannot. By surface area it heads our Brant listings. The nearest town is Brantford, 2.8 km away. Brantford sits 3 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Mohawk Lake

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Survey and observation records for Brant include rainbow darter, stonecat, greenside darter, blackside darter and smallmouth bass. Records at county level tell you what is around, not what is stocked here. Fish Mohawk Lake where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 21°C; the cold one sits at -6°C. Winter puts a hard lid on this one. Hard water holds through the cold months, breaking up near early April. Climate figures give an open season running early April to mid December. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. Plan any trip to Mohawk Lake around it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Public data has parking about 250 m from the shore. Mapping records toilets within 220 m. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. Should this one be busy, Victoria Lake is 13 km off. What applies at Mohawk Lake may have changed since it was mapped.