Lake Windemere Fishing Guide, Hamilton County, Indiana

• Overview

  The Hamilton County end of Indiana holds Lake Windemere. Height above sea level is 906 feet. The water measures roughly 7 acres, so nothing here is far from anything else. Our Hamilton County list holds plenty of bigger water. Zionsville lies 2.4 miles from the water. Meridian Hills lies 5 miles off, Carmel another 5.7 miles. Rules can differ a short way off, since the county line is near.

• Where to Fish on Lake Windemere

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. Levels move with the draw rather than the rain on water like this. Rip-rap along the wall holds fish that the open bank never does. Reported across Hamilton County: bluegill, orangethroat darter, green sunfish, longear sunfish and redear sunfish. Records at county level tell you what is around, not what is stocked here. At Lake Windemere the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-term averages put July at about 75°F and January near 25°F. The year turns gently, without extremes at either end. Cover comes and goes, so treat it with suspicion rather than trust. June to September is hot work, so the first and last hours are what count. That is the shape of the year on Lake Windemere.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. The nearest mapped parking is half a mile away, so the last stretch is on foot. Toilets are half a mile away, which matters on a long session. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. For a change of water, Lake Ullswater is 0.2 miles distant. Treat access at Lake Windemere as something to verify.