Fishing at Snowshoe Lake, Renfrew County, Ontario

• Overview

  The Renfrew County end of Ontario holds Snowshoe Lake. Height above sea level is 362 metres. It covers about 3 hectares, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. It is a small entry by Renfrew County standards. The nearest town is Renfrew, 42 km away. Nepean is the closest city, 97 km away. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Snowshoe Lake

  Depth is unknown to us, and the shoreline is the better guide. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Reported across Renfrew County: smallmouth bass, pumpkinseed, yellow perch and rock bass. Records at this level tell you what is in the area. On Snowshoe Lake the obvious spot is not always the productive one.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-run averages give July about 19°C and January about -12°C. Spring and autumn carry the fishing; summer and winter test it. Ice is part of the season here, ending near late April. In an average year the thaw lands around late April and the freeze near early December. Fish feed hardest at the start and the close of the open season. It holds true on Snowshoe Lake more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Access can change hands, so last year's answer may not hold. Sullivan Lake, 0.7 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Nothing here settles the position at Snowshoe Lake for certain.