Fishing at Peron Lake, Cochrane District, Ontario

• Overview

  Peron Lake is listed under Cochrane District, Ontario. Around the bank it is northern bush. It measures about 15 hectares, which is a comfortable size for bank fishing. About 1.5 km of bank, so nothing stays unexplored for long. You are 15 km from Smooth Rock Falls. Then Kapuskasing, 51 km, and Cochrane, 58 km. The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Peron Lake

  Nothing we hold settles how deep this runs. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. County-wide records name northern pike, yellow perch, white sucker and Iowa darter. Records at county level tell you what is around, not what is stocked here. At Peron Lake the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 17°C in July and bottoms out near -18°C in January. Long winters and short summers set the pattern. Break-up comes around early May, and the run that follows is short and strong. Ice clears near early May and comes back about mid November in a typical year. Right after break-up, and again as the nights sharpen, is when to go. Peron Lake runs to that rhythm year in and year out.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, so treat access as rough. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Keep proof of licence with you rather than in the car. Should this one be busy, Robin Lake is 1.6 km off. What applies at Peron Lake may have changed since it was mapped.