Fishing Pershick Lake in Renfrew County, Ontario

• Overview

  Pershick Lake is a Renfrew County water, in Ontario. It sits in lake country bush. The water covers some 14 hectares, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. The bank runs about 1.9 km all the way round, so one visit can cover most of it. Eganville sits 42 km from the bank. Nepean sits 149 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. The line between counties passes nearby, which can change who manages the water.

• Where to Fish on Pershick Lake

  Depth is not on record here, which means reading the ground instead. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Open biodiversity records for Renfrew County list smallmouth bass, pumpkinseed, yellow perch, rock bass and brook trout. Records at this level tell you what is in the area. Treat Pershick Lake as a water to read rather than to cover.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages move between -13°C in January and 18°C in July. Hard water is a season in its own right here. The freeze runs deep into the year, with break-up near late April. Ice usually gives way near late April, and forms again about early December. The weeks after the thaw and the ones before the freeze are the strongest. That shapes the year on Pershick Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. No car park, ramp or path is recorded within easy reach of the shore. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. For a change of water, Luckovitch Lake is 1.1 km distant. Check the position at Pershick Lake before loading the car.