Mud Lake Fishing Guide, United Counties of Leeds and Grenville, Ontario

• Overview

  You will find Mud Lake in United Counties of Leeds and Grenville, Ontario. This is rolling bush country. Surface area runs to about 3 hectares — small enough to read in one session. On size it sits at the modest end of our United Counties of Leeds and Grenville list. The closest town, Alexandria Bay, is 20 km distant. Further out sit Gananoque (25 km) and Brockville (25 km). One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Mud Lake

  Nothing in our records gives a depth for this one. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Fish documented in United Counties of Leeds and Grenville include pumpkinseed, bluegill, yellow perch and rock bass. Records at this level tell you what is in the area. Read Mud Lake for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 20°C and January at -9°C. The middle months are generous; the ends are demanding. Hard cover is dependable here; it goes around mid April. The lid tends to go about mid April and return around mid December. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. At Mud Lake the season follows that pattern closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. There is no mapped parking or launch close by, which usually means walking in. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. For a change of water, Basin Lake is 0.6 km distant. Nothing here settles the position at Mud Lake for certain.