Fishing at Mouse Lake, Lennox and Addington County, Ontario

• Overview

  Set in Lennox and Addington County, Ontario, this is Mouse Lake. The country round it is rolling bush from end to end. This is a pocket water of some 5 hectares, and every part of it is reachable from the bank. Most waters listed here for Lennox and Addington County are larger. You are 44 km from Bancroft. The big place round here is Kingston, 110 km distant. No county line comes close, which keeps the paperwork simple.

• Where to Fish on Mouse Lake

  We hold no survey for this water; read the slope of the shoreline instead. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Reported across Lennox and Addington County: pumpkinseed, rock bass, smallmouth bass and bluegill. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. Mouse Lake gives up its fish to patience rather than distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Seasonal averages run from -12°C in January up to 18°C in July. Winter shuts things down for a spell, then spring reopens them fast. The lid usually goes in late April, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. Averages suggest open water from about late April through to roughly early December. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. That is the shape of the year on Mouse Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access status is simply unknown for this water. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. A phone call first saves an afternoon. Access can change hands, so last year's answer may not hold. Should this one be busy, Little Moose Lake is 2.5 km off. Check the current arrangement for Mouse Lake.