Cannon Lake near Bancroft: Fishing Spots, Seasons and Access

• Overview

  You will find Cannon Lake in Hastings County, Ontario. The water sits 399 metres up. At about 28 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. There is roughly 2.4 km of shoreline here, which is a short walk end to end. Start from Bancroft, 20 km down the road. United Townships of Dysart, Dudley, Harcourt, Guilford, Harburn, Bruton, Havelock, Eyre and Clyde is 34 km and Haliburton Village 45 km. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Cannon Lake

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. County-wide records name rock bass, smallmouth bass, pumpkinseed and yellow perch. Take it as the county picture rather than a promise for this water. At Cannon Lake the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-term averages put July at about 18°C and January near -12°C. Winter puts a hard lid on this one. Winter fishing happens on the ice here, with open water back around late April. The open-water window runs from around late April to about late November in an average year. Right after break-up, and again as the nights sharpen, is when to go. Keep it in mind when planning a trip to Cannon Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Mapping records no facilities at all near this water. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. For a change of water, Burke Lake is 0.9 km distant. Treat Cannon Lake as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.