Limerick Lake, Ontario: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  You will find Limerick Lake in Hastings County, Ontario. The surroundings are pine and birch. The water covers around 7.82 sq km, which puts most of it out of reach from the bank. On our Hastings County list it sits near the top for size. Head to Bancroft, 26 km away, for anything you forgot. It is 116 km to Kingston, the nearest city. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Limerick Lake

  Open data we checked carries no depth for this water. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Fish documented in Hastings County include rock bass, smallmouth bass and pumpkinseed. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Fish Limerick Lake where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-term averages put July at about 19°C and January near -11°C. A full turn of seasons, with the strongest sport on either side of summer. Once it clears, about mid April, the fishing comes on quickly. Ice usually gives way near mid April, and forms again about early December. Late spring and early autumn carry the year between them. It sets the rhythm of the year at Limerick Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access status is simply unknown for this water. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. A phone call first saves an afternoon. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. St. Ola Lake, 2.7 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Check the position on Limerick Lake before loading the car.