Westfall's Lake near Hanover: Fishing Spots, Seasons and Access

• Overview

  Look for Westfall's Lake in the Grey County part of Ontario. This is rolling bush ground. It covers about 9 hectares, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. The nearest place of any size is Hanover, 4.6 km away. Walkerton lies 14 km off, Mildmay another 18 km. A county boundary sits nearby, which can matter for local access rules.

• Where to Fish on Westfall's Lake

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Survey and observation records for Grey County include Chinook salmon, rainbow trout, brook trout, white sucker and cisco. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. The shape of Westfall's Lake rewards a slow walk along one bank.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-run averages give July about 19°C and January about -7°C. Hard water is a season in its own right here. Winter fishing happens on the ice here, with open water back around mid April. Average temperatures cross freezing around mid April in spring and again near mid December in autumn. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. The season on Westfall's Lake follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access status is simply unknown for this water. Access is unmapped, which usually means a farm track and a walk. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Habermehl Lake, 4 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Confirm access to Westfall's Lake locally before you travel.