Fishing Haley Lake in Lennox and Addington County, Ontario

• Overview

  Haley Lake is set in Lennox and Addington County, Ontario. Beyond the shoreline you have rolling bush. Around 22 hectares of surface means several distinct areas to work. Shoreline comes to about 3.5 km, small enough to learn in a day. By elevation it sits in the lower part of our Ontario listings. Start from Tweed, 16 km down the road. Madoc lies 27 km off, Greater Napanee another 36 km. This one sits near enough to a boundary to be worth checking.

• Where to Fish on Haley Lake

  We hold no depth figure for this one. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. County-wide records name pumpkinseed, rock bass, smallmouth bass and bluegill. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. Haley Lake gives up its fish to patience rather than distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 20°C and January at -10°C. Hard water is a season in its own right here. Look for the thaw near mid April; the fishing lifts straight after. From about mid April to around early December, expect open water on the long-run figures. The weeks after the thaw and the ones before the freeze are the strongest. That is the shape of the year on Haley Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  No access rule appears in what we hold. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. Sheffield Conservation Area takes in this water; protected-area rules will apply. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. For a change of water, Round Lake is 1 km distant. The position on Haley Lake is worth confirming on the day.