Barreyre Lake Fishing in Bonnyville, Alberta

• Overview

  Bonnyville, Alberta, is where Barreyre Lake sits. The setting is taiga. With some 64 hectares of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. Shoreline length is close to 5.5 km, and each section fishes a little differently. Bonnyville lies 2.7 km from the water. The big place round here is Edmonton, 199 km distant. Rules can differ a short way off, since the county line is near.

• Where to Fish on Barreyre Lake

  We hold no survey for this water; read the slope of the shoreline instead. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. At Barreyre Lake the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes. Approach from downwind so your line does not land ahead of you.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July runs about 17°C on average, January about -17°C. Winter runs most of the calendar, and everything worth doing happens in the gap. Count the season from break-up, usually late April. Open water usually runs from late April until about mid November. September and October fish steadily right up to the freeze. Plan any trip to Barreyre Lake around it.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. There is a pier recorded roughly 670 m away. Look for a notice board at the entrance. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. The nearest alternative is Jessie Lake, 3.7 km out. None of that is settled for Barreyre Lake in what we hold.