Hillmond Lake Fishing in Britannia No. 502, Saskatchewan

• Overview

  Hillmond Lake is set in Britannia No. 502, Saskatchewan. It stands 563 metres above sea level. At some 1.99 sq km it is far too large to cover on foot in a day. You are looking at roughly 6.5 km of shoreline, with plenty of water between access points. Lloydminster lies 28 km from the water. The nearest city of size is Saskatoon, 245 km away. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Hillmond Lake

  Depth figures are not published for this one. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. On Hillmond Lake the obvious spot is not always the productive one. Where the wind piles up, so does the food.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate normals give 17°C for July and -17°C for January. Everything is compressed into the middle of the year. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about late April. On average, late April opens the water and mid November closes it again. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. It holds true on Hillmond Lake more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. Records show it does not hold water year-round. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, so treat access as rough. Read any posted signs at the access point rather than assuming. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. Greenstreet Lake, 13 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Nothing on Hillmond Lake should be assumed from this page alone.