Fishing Sharrow Lake in Hastings County, Ontario

• Overview

  Set in Hastings County, Sharrow Lake is an Ontario water. Lake country bush runs right down to the water. It runs to roughly 14 hectares — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. A shoreline of some 2.1 km keeps the choices simple. Some 20 km away sits Bancroft, the nearest settlement. Kingston sits 129 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. The county edge is within a short distance of the bank.

• Where to Fish on Sharrow Lake

  Depth is not on record here, which means reading the ground instead. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Reported across Hastings County: rock bass, smallmouth bass, pumpkinseed, yellow perch and bluegill. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. Sharrow Lake responds to conditions more than to tactics.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Seasonal averages run from -12°C in January up to 18°C in July. Four clear seasons, with a proper winter at one end. The lid arrives early and lasts until roughly late April. Break-up sits around late April on average, with the water closing again about early December. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. Sharrow Lake runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  No access rule appears in what we hold. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. There is no mapped parking or launch nearby, which keeps numbers down. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Bank access can be seasonal on ground like this. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. Should this one be busy, Little Sharrow Lake is 1.5 km off. Confirm access to Sharrow Lake locally before you travel.