Tamarack Lake Fishing Guide, Lennox and Addington County, Ontario

• Overview

  Tamarack Lake is a Lennox and Addington County water, in Ontario. The country here is lake country bush. Small at around 4 hectares: two anglers spread out cover most of it. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Lennox and Addington County. Nearest town is Bancroft, 48 km off. Then Sharbot Lake, 50 km, and Madoc, 50 km. Two sets of local rules meet not far from this water.

• Where to Fish on Tamarack Lake

  We hold no depth figure for this one. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Lennox and Addington County records list pumpkinseed, rock bass and smallmouth bass among the fish reported. At least one recorded species is protected in parts of its range; read the local rules before targeting anything. Read Tamarack Lake before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 19°C at the top of summer and -12°C at the bottom of winter. A solid cap is the normal state through winter. The lid usually sets by midwinter and gives way around late April. Climate averages put the opening at about late April and the closing near early December. September and October fish steadily right up to the freeze. Tamarack Lake runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public sources are silent on who controls the bank. A camping area sits within 990 m of here. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Parking space is the usual limit rather than the bank itself. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. Abes Lake, 1.3 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Where Tamarack Lake is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.