Stevens Lake Fishing in Renfrew County, Ontario

• Overview

  You will find Stevens Lake in Renfrew County, Ontario. Beyond the shoreline you have mixed forest. It covers about 2 hectares, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. Our Renfrew County list holds plenty of bigger water. You are 14 km from Eganville. For a city, Nepean is 97 km off. Within a short drive: Sammons Lake 7.4 km away, Samally Lake 7.6 km off, Constant Lake 8.6 km away, Dellaires Lake 8.6 km off and Colton Lake 8.8 km away. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Stevens Lake

  We hold no depth figure for this one. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Records held for Renfrew County cover smallmouth bass, pumpkinseed, yellow perch, rock bass and brook trout. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Fish Stevens Lake to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  On the long-term average, July reads 19°C and January reads -12°C. The freeze arrives properly here and holds. After mid April the shallows warm and the fish move up. Average temperatures cross freezing around mid April in spring and again near early December in autumn. The weeks after the thaw and the ones before the freeze are the strongest. Plan around that when you fish Stevens Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. Nothing in the way of made access shows up nearby: no ramp, no car park, no path. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Read any posted signs at the access point rather than assuming. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. For a change of water, Sammons Lake is 7.4 km distant. Check the position at Stevens Lake before loading the car.