Lime Lake in Hastings County: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Ontario holds Lime Lake, in Hastings County. The surface lies 155 metres up. At 1.19 sq km this is proper open water rather than a pond. At about 10 km of edge, most people work one arm at a time. It is among the larger waters listed here for Hastings County. Supplies mean a trip to Tweed, 18 km off. The nearest city of size is Kingston, 54 km away. The boundary is near enough that local access rules are worth double-checking.

• Where to Fish on Lime Lake

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. County-wide records name rock bass, smallmouth bass, pumpkinseed, yellow perch and bluegill. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. On Lime Lake a short move beats a long cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July runs about 20°C on average, January about -9°C. Hard water is a season in its own right here. The open season starts with the thaw, near enough mid April. Going by climate averages, expect open water from about mid April until roughly early December. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. Time your trip to Lime Lake by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Mapping shows no built access close by; expect to walk in from wherever you can leave the car. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Dry Lake at 2.3 km is the sensible second choice. Treat Lime Lake as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.