Fishing at Long Lake, Haliburton County, Ontario

• Overview

  Ontario holds Long Lake, in Haliburton County. The surface lies 405 metres up. The water covers some 10 hectares, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. The whole outline is near 2.0 km, and most of it is walkable. Our Haliburton County list holds plenty of bigger water. The nearest town is Haliburton Village, 18 km away. The nearest edge is a long way off, so local rules apply throughout.

• Where to Fish on Long Lake

  Depth figures are not published for this one. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. County-wide records name smallmouth bass, pumpkinseed, rock bass, yellow perch and lake trout. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Read Long Lake before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 18°C at the top of summer and -11°C at the bottom of winter. A hard winter is normal, and the thaw brings a strong few weeks. Hard water holds through the cold months, breaking up near mid April. In an average year the thaw lands around mid April and the freeze near late November. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. At Long Lake the season follows that pattern closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. No built facilities appear in mapping around this water. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. Should this one be busy, Leaf Lake is 2.9 km off. Ask locally about Long Lake if anything is unclear.