Fishing at Otter Lake, Lanark County, Ontario

• Overview

  Otter Lake is one of the Lanark County waters in Ontario. It sits in mixed forest country. At 4 hectares it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Lanark County. Sharbot Lake at 27 km is the nearest place to stop. For a city, Nepean is 81 km off. Local rules may differ a few miles either side of here.

• Where to Fish on Otter Lake

  We hold no depth figure for this one. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Species logged across Lanark County include pumpkinseed, rock bass, smallmouth bass, bluegill and yellow perch. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. On Otter Lake the first feature you find is usually worth a session.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 19°C and January at -11°C. The freeze arrives properly here and holds. Once it clears, about mid April, the fishing comes on quickly. Break-up sits around mid April on average, with the water closing again about early December. June through September is the settled part of the year, with the shoulders busier for fish. The season on Otter Lake rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. Nothing is listed nearby for parking or launching a boat. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. The nearest alternative is Bottle Lake, 1.9 km out. The position on Otter Lake is worth confirming on the day.