Round Schooner Lake, Ontario: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Ontario holds Round Schooner Lake, in Renfrew County. Beyond the shoreline you have pine and birch. Surface area runs to roughly 1.82 sq km, so plan for one area rather than the whole. Around 7.6 km of bank, which is a long day on foot. Size puts it in the front rank of our Renfrew County list. Sharbot Lake lies 45 km from the water. Beyond it, Renfrew at 45 km and Eganville at 47 km. This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Round Schooner Lake

  No published figure covers depth, so learn it as you fish. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Fish documented in Renfrew County include smallmouth bass, pumpkinseed, yellow perch, rock bass and brook trout. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. On Round Schooner Lake the quiet end is the one worth the extra effort.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 19°C and January at -12°C. Winter shuts things down for a spell, then spring reopens them fast. Break-up comes around late April, and the run that follows is short and strong. Climate averages put the opening at about late April and the closing near early December. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. Anyone fishing Round Schooner Lake regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. There are toilets mapped about 830 m away. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Take the rules with you rather than trusting memory. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. Pothole Lake sits 1.8 km off and takes the overflow. Confirm access to Round Schooner Lake locally before you travel.