Upper Monmouth Lake Fishing in Haliburton County, Ontario

• Overview

  You will find Upper Monmouth Lake in Haliburton County, Ontario. The water sits 365 metres up. The water covers some 27 hectares, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. Around 4.2 km of margin, front to back. Nearest place of any size is Haliburton Village, 26 km away. Bancroft is 31 km and United Townships of Dysart, Dudley, Harcourt, Guilford, Harburn, Bruton, Havelock, Eyre and Clyde 34 km. No boundary runs near, so the local rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on Upper Monmouth Lake

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Fish documented in Haliburton County include smallmouth bass, pumpkinseed, rock bass and yellow perch. The county figures include rivers and lakes alike. On Upper Monmouth Lake that means starting tight and working out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  On the long-term average, July reads 18°C and January reads -11°C. Winter shuts the surface down for months. Look for the thaw near mid April; the fishing lifts straight after. In an average year the thaw lands around mid April and the freeze near early December. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. Anyone fishing Upper Monmouth Lake regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Access is unmapped, which usually means a farm track and a walk. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Check locally before you travel, because a wasted drive is a long one. Check whether bait restrictions apply before you buy any. Lowry Lake sits 2.9 km off and takes the overflow. Nothing here settles the position at Upper Monmouth Lake for certain.