Perrigo Lake near Petawawa: Fishing Spots, Seasons and Access

• Overview

  You will find Perrigo Lake in Renfrew County, Ontario. The bank gives way to mixed forest. The water covers some 50 hectares, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. You are looking at roughly 5.4 km of shoreline, with plenty of water between access points. Few waters listed in Renfrew County are bigger. The nearest town is Petawawa, 28 km away. After that come Pembroke at 30 km and Eganville at 30 km. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Perrigo Lake

  Depth is unmeasured here, so let the shoreline guide you. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Across Renfrew County, recorded fish include smallmouth bass, pumpkinseed, yellow perch and rock bass. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Anyone new to Perrigo Lake should walk it once before setting up.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July to average close to 19°C, with January the cold end at about -13°C. Hard water is a season in its own right here. Firm cover through the cold months, then open water from late April. Break-up sits around late April on average, with the water closing again about early December. The open run goes from the thaw to the freeze, and April through October covers most of it. That shapes the year on Perrigo Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  No access rule appears in what we hold. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. Nothing is listed nearby for parking or launching a boat. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Scharfe Lake, 0.8 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Nothing here settles the position at Perrigo Lake for certain.