Schonauer Lake in Frontenac County: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Schonauer Lake lies in Frontenac County, in Ontario. It stands 277 metres above sea level. This is a pocket water of some 8 hectares, and every part of it is reachable from the bank. Start from Sharbot Lake, 23 km down the road. For a city, Kingston is 85 km off. Within a short drive: Ardoch Lake out at 1.1 km, Mud Lake after 1.5 km, Little Green Lake out at 2.7 km, Malcolm Lake after 3.3 km and Johnson Lake out at 3.7 km. No boundary runs near, so the local rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on Schonauer Lake

  We hold no survey for this water; read the slope of the shoreline instead. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Reported across Frontenac County: pumpkinseed, bluegill, rock bass and smallmouth bass. Read it as a county summary, not a water-by-water list. Schonauer Lake repays a walk before the first cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Typical July readings run about 19°C; by January the average is down near -11°C. Expect a real winter and a strong spring after it. The lid usually goes in mid April, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. Break-up sits around mid April on average, with the water closing again about early December. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. Schonauer Lake fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. Mapping records no facilities at all near this water. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. Ardoch Lake, 1.1 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Rules at Schonauer Lake are worth checking on the day.