Fishing Fitzgerald Lake in Haliburton County, Ontario

• Overview

  Fitzgerald Lake is listed under Haliburton County, Ontario. Elevation runs to 384 metres. At about 13 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. The edge runs 2.1 km or so, easy to work in an afternoon. Our Haliburton County list holds plenty of bigger water. United Townships of Dysart, Dudley, Harcourt, Guilford, Harburn, Bruton, Havelock, Eyre and Clyde lies 7.6 km from the water. Barrie is the closest city, 139 km away. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Fitzgerald Lake

  We hold no survey for this water; read the slope of the shoreline instead. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Open biodiversity records for Haliburton County list smallmouth bass, pumpkinseed and rock bass. It is the county picture; the agency list is water-specific. At Fitzgerald Lake the water rewards a slow, careful approach.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July runs about 18°C on average, January about -12°C. Four clear seasons, with a proper winter at one end. After late April the shallows warm and the fish move up. Climate averages put the opening at about late April and the closing near late November. The weeks after the thaw and the ones before the freeze are the strongest. On Fitzgerald Lake the same rules apply, with local timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  No access rule appears in what we hold. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. 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. Parking is often the real limit rather than the bank itself. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. The nearest alternative is South Boot Lake, 2.1 km out. What applies at Fitzgerald Lake may have changed since it was mapped.