Alex Lake in Fairview: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Alex Lake stands in Fairview, Alberta. The ground around here is northern bush. This is a pocket water of some 9 hectares, and every part of it is reachable from the bank. For supplies, Fairview is 6 km out. Grimshaw is 46 km and Spirit River 48 km. Close by you also have: Ketchum Lake some 1.5 km off, Clyde Lake lies 2 km on, Bingo Lake some 6.2 km off, Black Duck Lake lies 10 km on and Hay Lake some 11 km off. You are close to a county edge here; who manages the access can change within a short drive.

• Where to Fish on Alex Lake

  Nothing we hold settles how deep this runs. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. The shape of Alex Lake rewards a slow walk along one bank. Approach from downwind so your line does not land ahead of you.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is -16°C to 16°C. Water stays cold even at the height of the year. Count the season from break-up, usually late April. Break-up near late April, freeze-up near early November: that is the shape of an average year. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. Anyone fishing Alex Lake regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public sources are silent on who controls the bank. Access points are not mapped for this water, which suits people who like quiet. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Access can change hands, so last year's answer may not hold. Should this one be busy, Ketchum Lake is 1.5 km off. Nothing here settles the position at Alex Lake for certain.