A sunny and cool day on Wednesday. With a northerly wind it was calm here, but choppy further out on the lake. While it reached 76F on Tuesday, Wednesday topped out at 65F. A good day to feed the log splitter and replenish the firewood pile. The seven-day forecast has lots of sunshine and perhaps a last gasp of summertime feeling this weekend. Afternoon highs could reach near 80F on both Saturday and Sunday before rain returns late Monday into Tuesday.
Lake trout fishing is now closed until January 1.
The OLT hearing regarding Limerick Estates has been postponed from Monday the 6th until an as yet undetermined date. I will provide more info once I have it. The meeting is virtual, but you must be pre-registered and have a reason to be attending.
Current status on boating access to Dixon Lake: A sub-committee of the Board of Directors of the LWRA had an in-person meeting with MNR staff in Bancroft on Tuesday the 23rd. The attendees continue to communicate with MNR staff this week to come to an agreement on an acceptable course of action.
The Rogers 5G tower on Sutton Rd. is operational. The Rogers / FOCA special pricing plan for internet service is $60 per month this year. (unless you have a Rogers phone in which case it remains $50 per month) Even at the $60 price it is the best internet service for us on the lake. It appears they throttle the 5G connection to 40MBps down, and 10MBps up. That is plenty of bandwidth for any single-family use.
The dump is on Winter hours. It is open Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday and holiday Mondays from 11AM to 4:30PM.
The 2025 fishing regulations are available on the Ontario.ca website. The Limerick chain of lakes remains at the very south end of fisheries zone 15. Pages 104 to 114 of the regulations book. I had a chat with our local minnow trapper and just a reminder that it is forbidden to transport minnows across fishery zone boundaries. Bass season opened June 28 and closes November 30. Lake trout season is now closed and re-opens January 1. The Limerick chain of lakes has a "slot size" for lake trout that MUST be returned to the lake if caught. It is roughly 16 to 22 inches. It is also a "one line" lake when ice fishing.
