Mountain Lake Fishing Guide, Grey County, Ontario

• Overview

  In Ontario, Mountain Lake falls inside Grey County. It sits at 233 metres above sea level. It runs to roughly 75 hectares — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. You are looking at roughly 13 km of shoreline, with plenty of water between access points. Few waters listed in Grey County are bigger. Head to Meaford, 13 km away, for anything you forgot. For a city, Barrie is 89 km off. The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Mountain Lake

  We hold no depth figure for this one. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Fish documented in Grey County include Chinook salmon, rainbow trout, brook trout and white sucker. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. Fish Mountain Lake where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Typical July readings run about 19°C; by January the average is down near -6°C. Winter shuts things down for a spell, then spring reopens them fast. Expect a solid lid for months and a thaw around mid April. Break-up near mid April, freeze-up near mid December: that is the shape of an average year. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. Plan around that when you fish Mountain Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. Recorded parking is 800 m off, far enough to travel light. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Failing this one, try Sheppard Lake, 19 km away. None of that is settled for Mountain Lake in what we hold.