Nobbs Lake Fishing in Hastings County, Ontario

• Overview

  The Hastings County end of Ontario holds Nobbs Lake. It lies 352 metres above sea level. Surface area runs to about 5 hectares — small enough to read in one session. Most waters listed here for Hastings County are larger. The nearest town is Bancroft, 10 km away. United Townships of Dysart, Dudley, Harcourt, Guilford, Harburn, Bruton, Havelock, Eyre and Clyde is 57 km away, with Marmora at 59 km. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Nobbs Lake

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Open biodiversity records for Hastings County list rock bass, smallmouth bass and pumpkinseed. Records at this level tell you what is in the area. Nobbs Lake fishes better once you know its edges.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The year swings from about -11°C in January to roughly 19°C in July. The year runs cold to warm and back, with clear transitions. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about mid April. On the long-run averages the water opens up around mid April and starts locking again about early December. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. On Nobbs Lake that shapes the whole year.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. Mapping shows an empty shoreline: no ramp, no jetty, no marked entry. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Failing this one, try McGibbon Lake, 1.6 km away. What applies at Nobbs Lake may have changed since it was mapped.