North Pencil Lake Fishing Guide, Haliburton County, Ontario

• Overview

  North Pencil Lake is one of the Haliburton County listings for Ontario. The surface lies 368 metres up. With some 24 hectares of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. Shoreline comes to about 2.6 km, small enough to learn in a day. Haliburton Village lies 26 km from the water. The nearest city of size is Oshawa, 119 km away. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on North Pencil Lake

  No figure exists for depth, so let the water show you. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Reported across Haliburton County: smallmouth bass, pumpkinseed, rock bass, yellow perch and lake trout. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. North Pencil Lake repays a walk before the first cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 19°C and January at -11°C. A solid cap is the normal state through winter. Break-up comes around mid April, and the run that follows is short and strong. The season between ice runs from about mid April to early December. Fishing peaks soon after break-up and again before the cold returns. On North Pencil Lake that shapes the whole year.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access status is simply unknown for this water. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. There is no mapped parking or launch close by, which usually means walking in. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Ask in the nearest town if you are unsure. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Failing this one, try Hadlington Lake, 2.3 km away. Confirm before you fish North Pencil Lake.