Ohlmann Lake in Frontenac County: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Within Frontenac County, Ontario, you have Ohlmann Lake. The bank is 357 metres above sea level. At roughly 8 hectares, the whole thing is within casting reach of a single walk. The town to know is Sharbot Lake, 40 km out. It is 100 km to Kingston, the nearest city. If this one is busy: Deep Lake roughly 1.2 km, Big Ohlmann Lake about 1.4 km, Lucky Lake roughly 2.3 km, Phil Lake about 2.4 km and South Portage Lake roughly 2.8 km. No county line comes close, which keeps the paperwork simple.

• Where to Fish on Ohlmann Lake

  We hold no survey for this water; read the slope of the shoreline instead. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Records held for Frontenac County cover pumpkinseed, bluegill and rock bass. The county figures include rivers and lakes alike. Ohlmann Lake gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Seasonal averages run from -12°C in January up to 19°C in July. The year splits cleanly: hard water, then open water. Winter locks it down, and late April brings it back. In an average year the thaw lands around late April and the freeze near early December. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. Ohlmann Lake runs to that rhythm year in and year out.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. Mapping records no facilities at all near this water. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Failing this one, try Deep Lake, 1.2 km away. What applies at Ohlmann Lake may have changed since it was mapped.