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Hawarth Lake

MU 1-9, Vancouver Island
49.9275° N, 125.7533° W

Surface area
5.1ha
Elevation
447m

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Hawarth Lake at a glance

Region
Vancouver Island
Management unit
MU 1-9
Species
Coastal Cutthroat Trout, Rainbow Trout
Lake size
Small Water (< 50 ha)
Ice fishing
Open to ice fishing, confirmed
Coordinates
49.9275, -125.7533

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How to fish Hawarth Lake

Best times of year at Hawarth Lake

  • May - June
  • September - October

Hawarth Lake fishing regulations

No Fishing. Source: Province of British Columbia

Getting to Hawarth Lake

Coordinates: 49.9275, -125.7533

The ice year at Hawarth Lake, modelled

Modelled from air temperature, not an ice report. It says nothing about whether ice will hold you.

In the model Hawarth Lake froze in 63 of the 65 winters since 1960. Freeze-up falls most years between 28 November and 30 December, and ice-off between 14 March and 24 April. The median winter freezes on 11 December and opens on 2 April.

Modelled ice season at Hawarth Lake: freeze-up most winters between 28 November and 30 December, ice-off between 14 March and 24 April.OctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunFreeze-upIce-off

the middle half of modelled winters the median ice cover in the median winter

Winter 2024-25 in the model: frozen from 1 February 2025 to 28 February 2025, 27 days.

Hawarth Lake is open to ice fishing under the regulations on file.

Whether a lake is open to ice fishing says nothing about whether its ice will hold you. Ice conditions vary year to year and across a single lake. Check locally before going out, every time.

Hawarth Lake climate, 1960 to 2025

Averaged over a year, the air above Hawarth Lake is 0.8 C warmer than it was in the 1960s. That is 66 years of daily readings, not a forecast.

  • +0.8 Csince the 1960s
  • 7.2 Caverage year now
  • 6.4 Caverage year then
  • -11 daysbelow freezing, change
Average year at Hawarth Lakedegrees C, yearly mean
4 C7 C10 C1960198020002020

each yearthe trend across 1960 to 2025

Days below freezingdays a year averaging under 0 C
450951960198020002020

each yearthe trend across 1960 to 2025

This week at Hawarth Lake

The forecast on this lake's own coordinate, refreshed through the day. The app reads these seven days for fishing and scores each one.

DaySkyHigh / lowWindRainPressure
Tue 20 OctPartly cloudy15° / 6°6 km/h, gusts 19drySteady
Wed 21 OctOvercast16° / 8°9 km/h, gusts 33dryFalling (-6.0 hPa)
Thu 22 OctOvercast11° / 2°11 km/h, gusts 37dryRising (+5.7 hPa)
Fri 23 OctOvercast11° / 2°6 km/h, gusts 19dryRising (+7.8 hPa)
Sat 24 OctSlight snow7° / 5°4 km/h, gusts 1814 mmSteady
Sun 25 OctOvercast15° / 7°6 km/h, gusts 20dryFalling (-2.0 hPa)
Mon 26 OctOvercast15° / 10°2 km/h, gusts 14drySteady

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