Fishing Scraggy Lake in Haliburton County, Ontario

• Overview

  Scraggy Lake is a Haliburton County water, Ontario side. Height above sea level is 441 metres. With some 42 hectares of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. Around 3.1 km of margin, front to back. It is high ground by Ontario standards. Start from United Townships of Dysart, Dudley, Harcourt, Guilford, Harburn, Bruton, Havelock, Eyre and Clyde, 19 km down the road. It is 137 km to Barrie, the nearest city. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Scraggy Lake

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Survey and observation records for Haliburton County include smallmouth bass, pumpkinseed, rock bass, yellow perch and lake trout. It is the county picture; the agency list is water-specific. Treat Scraggy 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. A full turn of seasons, with the strongest sport on either side of summer. Ice is part of the season here, ending near late April. Ice usually gives way near late April, and forms again about late November. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. The season on Scraggy Lake rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. Access points are not mapped for this water, which suits people who like quiet. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. Little Allen Lake, 1.6 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Nothing here settles the position at Scraggy Lake for certain.