Partridge Lake Fishing near Madoc, Ontario

• Overview

  Partridge Lake stands in Frontenac County, Ontario. Everything around it is pine and birch. At about 22 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. Bank access stretches around 2.6 km in total. Madoc is the closest town at 37 km. The nearest city of size is Kingston, 94 km away. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Partridge Lake

  There is no published depth for this one, so start shallow and work out. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Frontenac County records list pumpkinseed, bluegill, rock bass and smallmouth bass among the fish reported. The list covers the county rather than this water alone, so treat it as a guide. Partridge Lake responds to conditions more than to tactics.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is -11°C to 19°C. Cold winters and warm summers give a wide working range. Ice is part of the season here, ending near mid April. Break-up sits around mid April on average, with the water closing again about early December. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. The season on Partridge Lake follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. Nothing is mapped in the way of a ramp or car park within a short radius. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. A phone call first saves an afternoon. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Sheldrake Lake, 3.8 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Nothing on Partridge Lake should be assumed from this page alone.