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reservoir / Milton, ON / FMZ 16Kelso Reservoir
Kelso Reservoir is a small warm-water impoundment — about 30 hectares — bolted onto Sixteen Mile Creek where it drops off the Niagara Escarpment at Milton. Conservation Halton threw the dam up in 1964 to keep the creek from flooding downtown Milton every spring thaw, and the flood-control basin it left behind is the water you fish today.
Target Species
Today's read.
Quick Summary
Cool, with a high of 12° and a low of 3°. Breezy, gusts to 41 km/h. Falling pressure often fires up the bite.
Daily max · 0-11
Avg · NW · gusts to 41 km/h
falling · -6 hPa/24h
10h 21m daylight
Lunar phase
Dry through the launch window
B+
Solid today
Choppy — a 10 km/h average over 1.8 km of fetch keeps you on the southeast shore with short runs. Gusts spike to 41 km/h at times — check the hourly and time your launch. The bite should be firing — a falling barometer often trips a pre-front feed. Fish the southeast shore where wind stacks bait and keep it tight to cover.
Craft Verdicts
Trailer launchCarry-in launch1.8 km max fetchPressure falling (-6.5 hPa/24h)
Powerboat
Clear to launch — a 10 km/h NW average over 1.8 km of fetch stays well within a powerboat's weight and power; easy to hold position. Gusts spike to 41 km/h at times — time your launch.
Kayak
Clear to launch — a 10 km/h NW average over 1.8 km of fetch stays well within a kayak's low, wind-caught profile; easy to hold position. Gusts spike to 41 km/h at times — time your launch.
Canoe
Launchable but exposed — a 21 km/h average gust and 1.8 km of fetch will test an open canoe's shallow draft; put in on the southeast shore and stay tight to it. Gusts spike to 41 km/h at times — time your launch.
Hourly Conditions
5:00 a.m.
6°Temp
UV0
Precip0.0mm
PressureFalling
Fish ActivityMaximum
Wind · NW9kph
Gust9kph
Launch ReadFishable
7:00 a.m.
5°Temp
UV0
Precip0.0mm
PressureFalling
Fish ActivityMaximum
Wind · W9kph
Gust9kph
Launch ReadFishable
9:00 a.m.
7°Temp
UV0
Precip0.0mm
PressureFalling
Fish ActivityMaximum
Wind · W8kph
Gust8kph
Launch ReadAll Clear
Fish On!11:00 a.m.
9°Temp
UV1
Precip0.0mm
PressureFalling
Fish ActivityMaximum
Wind · W10kph
Gust27kph
Launch ReadCaution
1:00 p.m.
10°Temp
UV3
Precip0.0mm
PressureFalling
Fish ActivityHigh
Wind · W10kph
Gust34kph
Launch ReadCaution
3:00 p.m.
12°Temp
UV3
Precip0.0mm
PressureFalling
Fish ActivityHigh
Wind · NW10kph
Gust41kph
Launch ReadCaution
5:00 p.m.
12°Temp
UV1
Precip0.0mm
PressureFalling
Fish ActivityMaximum
Wind · NW12kph
Gust31kph
Launch ReadCaution
7:00 p.m.
9°Temp
UV0
Precip0.0mm
PressureFalling
Fish ActivityMaximum
Wind · NW10kph
Gust10kph
Launch ReadFishable
9:00 p.m.
6°Temp
UV0
Precip0.0mm
PressureFalling
Fish ActivityMaximum
Wind · NW9kph
Gust9kph
Launch ReadFishable
Weekly Outlook
LaunchCaution
BiteMaximum
LaunchAll Clear
BiteFair
LaunchAll Clear
BiteFair
LaunchAll Clear
BiteHigh
LaunchAll Clear
BiteMaximum
LaunchAll Clear
BiteMaximum
LaunchAll Clear
BiteMaximum
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How it fishes
Kelso Dam and Reservoir opened in 1964 by the conservation authority to control flooding on Sixteen Mile Creek.
SourceThe Sixteen-Mile Creek Authority bought the land in 1961 for $40,000 and built a $325,000 water-control dam; Milton's main street previously flooded every spring thaw.
SourceThe reservoir doubles as the cold-water source for snow-making at Glen Eden Ski & Snowboard Centre.
SourceKelso is one of the few Conservation Halton reservoirs where boat fishing (non-motorized or electric) is permitted, alongside Mountsberg.
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Regulations snapshot
This is a summary, not the legal regulation — confirm current rules with the official source before fishing.
Largemouth Bass
Season: fourth Saturday in June to November 30
Limit: S-6 / C-2 (combined with Smallmouth)
Official sourceYellow Perch
Season: open all year
Limit: S-50 / C-25
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Access notes
Kelso Conservation Area
5234 Kelso Road, Milton
Small boat ramp plus gravel-beach carry-in. Non-motorized boats only, with an exception for electric trolling motors. Canoe/kayak/SUP/pedal-boat rentals on site. Paid day-use admission (reservations recommended via parkvisit.ca); park hours 8:30 am–9:00 pm. Shoreline fishing permitted except off the beach, boardwalk, pump house and its lot, Kelso Cove Waterpark, the boat-rentals beach, and the dam.
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