Puffball Lake Fishing Guide, Renfrew County, Ontario

• Overview

  Puffball Lake is a Renfrew County water, in Ontario. The bank is 276 metres above sea level. At about 16 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. The whole outline is near 2.1 km, and most of it is walkable. Deep River sits 40 km from the bank. Gatineau sits 194 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Puffball Lake

  Our records carry no depth, so judge it from the bank. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Survey and observation records for Renfrew County include smallmouth bass, pumpkinseed, yellow perch, rock bass and brook trout. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Treat Puffball Lake as a water to read rather than to cover.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The year swings from about -13°C in January to roughly 18°C in July. Winter shuts the surface down for months. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about late April. Going by climate averages, expect open water from about late April until roughly late November. Fishing peaks soon after break-up and again before the cold returns. On Puffball Lake the same rules apply, with local timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  The access position is unclear from public sources. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. For a change of water, Stans Lake is 1.3 km distant. Check the current arrangement for Puffball Lake.