At last, it’s time to break out the ice fishing gear.
The deep freeze hitting Ontario this week has left Belwood Lake with a solid ice cover allowing the conservation area to open for the winter season.
The Grand River Conservation Authority park will open at 8 a.m. on Friday. Bait will be on sale and tackle will be available for rent. (Note that ice huts are not available for rent).
Admission is $5.50 for adults, $2.75 for children 6 to 14 and free for children five and under.
Belwood Lake is about three kilometres east of Fergus on Belsyde Road (Wellington County Road 18).
The park is one of three where the GRCA offers ice-fishing. The ice is not yet thick enough at the other two parks: Shade’s Mills in Cambridge and Pinehurst Lake near Paris.
Those two parks, plus Laurel Creek in Waterloo, are still waiting for enough snow to support other winter activities including snow-shoeing and cross-country skiing.
Up-to-date information on winter activities is available in the Newsroom section of the GRCA website at www.grandriver.ca
