Fishing Quartz Lake in Renfrew County, Ontario

• Overview

  Quartz Lake is listed under Renfrew County, Ontario. Around the bank it is lake country bush. This is a pocket water of some 7 hectares, and every part of it is reachable from the bank. You are 48 km from Mattawa. Deep River follows at 48 km, then Chalk River at 54 km. Round about: Mullin Lake 0.9 km away, Stoney Lake lies 1.4 km on, Harvey's Shanty Lake 1.7 km away, Little Marten Lake lies 1.7 km on and Campground Lake 1.7 km away. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Quartz Lake

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. 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. Across Renfrew County, recorded fish include smallmouth bass, pumpkinseed and yellow perch. County data is a starting point rather than a guarantee. Fish Quartz Lake to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages move between -13°C in January and 18°C in July. The year runs cold to warm and back, with clear transitions. The lid usually goes in late April, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. Break-up near late April, freeze-up near late November: that is the shape of an average year. Fish feed hardest at the start and the close of the open season. Anyone fishing Quartz Lake regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. A phone call first saves an afternoon. Check whether bait restrictions apply before you buy any. The nearest alternative is Mullin Lake, 0.9 km out. None of that is settled for Quartz Lake in what we hold.