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natural-lake / Puslinch, ON / FMZ 16

Puslinch Lake

Puslinch Lake is a shallow weed bowl — the largest kettle lake in North America, and barely deep enough to earn the name. Mean depth runs about 1.

Target Species

Today's read.

Quick Summary

Mild, with a high of 22° and a low of 9°. Breezy, gusts to 49 km/h. Rising pressure can make for a slower, pickier bite.

Air Temp22° 9°

High · Low

UV Index5

Daily max · 0-11

Wind11 km/h

Avg · S · gusts to 49 km/h

Pressure1023 hPa

rising · 6 hPa/24h

Sunrise/Sunset07:00 19:30

12h 30m daylight

Moon PhaseWaxing crescent

Lunar phase

Precip0.6 mm

Peak 0.5 mm/h · 1 wet hr

B+

Solid today

Choppy — a 11 km/h average over 2.6 km of fetch keeps you on the north shore with short runs. Gusts spike to 49 km/h at times — check the hourly and time your launch. Good bite potential — the rising barometer leans toward a pickier bite. Fish the north shore where wind stacks bait and keep it tight to cover.

Hour by Hour Weekly Outlook

Craft Verdicts

Trailer launchCarry-in launch2.6 km max fetchPressure rising (6.1 hPa/24h)

Powerboat

Clear to launch — a 11 km/h S average over 2.6 km of fetch stays well within a powerboat's weight and power; easy to hold position. Gusts spike to 49 km/h at times — time your launch.

Kayak

Clear to launch — a 11 km/h S average over 2.6 km of fetch stays well within a kayak's low, wind-caught profile; easy to hold position. Gusts spike to 49 km/h at times — time your launch.

Canoe

Marginal

Launchable but exposed — a 21 km/h average gust and 2.6 km of fetch will test an open canoe's shallow draft; put in on the north shore and stay tight to it. Gusts spike to 49 km/h at times — time your launch.

Hourly Conditions

5:00 a.m.

12°Temp

UV0

Precip0.0mm

PressureRising

Fish ActivityHigh

Wind · SE6kph

Gust6kph

Launch ReadAll Clear

7:00 a.m.

13°Temp

UV0

Precip0.0mm

PressureRising

Fish ActivityHigh

Wind · SE10kph

Gust10kph

Launch ReadFishable

9:00 a.m.

15°Temp

UV1

Precip0.0mm

PressureRising

Fish ActivityHigh

Wind · S4kph

Gust4kph

Launch ReadAll Clear

11:00 a.m.

16°Temp

UV2

Precip0.5mm

PressureRising

Fish ActivityHigh

Wind · S9kph

Gust9kph

Launch ReadFishable

1:00 p.m.

21°Temp

UV4

Precip0.0mm

PressureRising

Fish ActivityHigh

Wind · S13kph

Gust44kph

Launch ReadDo Not Launch

Windy!

3:00 p.m.

22°Temp

UV4

Precip0.0mm

PressureRising

Fish ActivityHigh

Wind · S14kph

Gust36kph

Launch ReadCaution

5:00 p.m.

22°Temp

UV0

Precip0.0mm

PressureRising

Fish ActivityHigh

Wind · SW12kph

Gust32kph

Launch ReadCaution

7:00 p.m.

21°Temp

UV0

Precip0.0mm

PressureRising

Fish ActivityHigh

Wind · SW11kph

Gust11kph

Launch ReadFishable

9:00 p.m.

19°Temp

UV0

Precip0.0mm

PressureRising

Fish ActivityHigh

Wind · SW7kph

Gust7kph

Launch ReadAll Clear

Weekly Outlook

TodaySep 15Solid day

LaunchCaution

BiteHigh

WedSep 16Prime day

LaunchAll Clear

BiteMaximum

ThuSep 17Prime day

LaunchAll Clear

BiteMaximum

FriSep 18Solid day

LaunchFishable

BiteMaximum

SatSep 19Solid day

LaunchCaution

BiteMaximum

SunSep 20Solid day

LaunchCaution

BiteMaximum

MonSep 21Prime day

LaunchFishable

BiteMaximum

How it fishes

Largest kettle lake in North America

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Hosts one of only a few known banded killifish populations in the entire Grand River basin

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54 official stocking events 1946–1990 across six species, including more than 1.36 million walleye fry, fingerlings, and eggs from 1947–1979

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The Puslinch Lake Conservation Association (founded 1997) has run a multi-decade restoration: walleye spawning stones placed off Harvey's Island in 1998, and dredging that removed more than 400,000 tons of sediment by 2023

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Northern pike were never stocked — they're believed to stem from an inadvertent 1950s introduction, and are now the lake's most-caught species

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