Fishing Hodgins Lake in Bruce County, Ontario

• Overview

  The Bruce County entry here is Hodgins Lake, in Ontario. The ground around here is pine and birch. The water measures roughly 9 hectares, so nothing here is far from anything else. Roughly 1.3 km of bank means you can walk to a fresh area when one goes quiet. Our Bruce County list holds plenty of bigger water. Some 10 km away sits Wiarton, the nearest settlement. For a city, Barrie is 133 km off. The nearest edge is a long way off, so local rules apply throughout.

• Where to Fish on Hodgins Lake

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Fish documented in Bruce County include smallmouth bass, lake whitefish and humpback whitefish. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Read Hodgins Lake before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs -6°C to 19°C. Expect a real winter and a strong spring after it. Ice-out usually falls in mid April, and the weeks after it fish hardest. Break-up near mid April, freeze-up near mid December: that is the shape of an average year. Fish feed hardest at the start and the close of the open season. On Hodgins Lake the same rules apply, with local timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. No made access appears within a short radius, so plan to park on a verge and walk. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Access can change hands, so last year's answer may not hold. For a change of water, North Hodgins Lake is 0.7 km distant. Confirm access to Hodgins Lake locally before you travel.