Lostwater Lake Fishing Guide, Hastings County, Ontario

• Overview

  Out in Hastings County, Ontario, sits Lostwater Lake. It lies 431 metres above sea level. With some 27 hectares of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. Roughly 2.8 km of bank means you can walk to a fresh area when one goes quiet. Head to United Townships of Dysart, Dudley, Harcourt, Guilford, Harburn, Bruton, Havelock, Eyre and Clyde, 19 km away, for anything you forgot. Barrie is the closest city, 151 km away. Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.

• Where to Fish on Lostwater Lake

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Public occurrence data for Hastings County names rock bass, smallmouth bass, pumpkinseed, yellow perch and bluegill. Take it as the county picture rather than a promise for this water. On Lostwater Lake the first feature you find is usually worth a session.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-run averages give July about 18°C and January about -12°C. A solid cap is the normal state through winter. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about late April. In an average year the thaw lands around late April and the freeze near late November. June through September is the settled part of the year, with the shoulders busier for fish. Time your trip to Lostwater Lake by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. Public mapping records no formal access here, so plan for a walk and soft ground. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Read any posted signs at the access point rather than assuming. Keep proof of licence with you rather than in the car. Should this one be busy, Skunkitten Lake is 0.7 km off. For Lostwater Lake, the notice at the access point is the final word.