Pat Lake Fishing in Hastings County, Ontario

• Overview

  Pat Lake belongs to Hastings County, Ontario. The country round it is pine and birch from end to end. About 8 hectares of surface, which puts the far bank inside easy sight. It sits higher than most water we list in Ontario. You are 29 km from United Townships of Dysart, Dudley, Harcourt, Guilford, Harburn, Bruton, Havelock, Eyre and Clyde. Barrie is the closest city, 161 km away. Rules can differ a short way off, since the county line is near.

• Where to Fish on Pat Lake

  Open data we checked carries no depth for this water. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Hastings County records list rock bass, smallmouth bass, pumpkinseed, yellow perch and bluegill among the fish reported. Species recorded across the county may be limited to a few waters. Treat Pat Lake as a water to read rather than to cover.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 18°C at the top of summer and -12°C at the bottom of winter. Hard water is a season in its own right here. The lid usually goes in late April, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. Expect the water usable from around late April until roughly late November. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. The season on Pat Lake follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. Failing this one, try Nates Lake, 0.8 km away. Treat Pat Lake as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.