Kia Nea Lake Fishing Guide, Yellowhead County, Alberta

• Overview

  Kia Nea Lake stands in Yellowhead County, Alberta. The surroundings are rolling bush. It runs to roughly 19 hectares — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. A shoreline of some 1.6 km keeps the choices simple. Hinton is the closest town at 19 km. It is 287 km to Edmonton, the nearest city. This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Kia Nea Lake

  There is no published depth for this one, so start shallow and work out. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Species logged across Yellowhead County include rainbow trout, mountain whitefish and brook trout. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. Read Kia Nea Lake for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate normals give 14°C for July and -10°C for January. Winter closes the water for a while, and the reopening is worth catching. After mid April the shallows warm and the fish move up. Ice usually gives way near mid April, and forms again about mid November. The open run goes from the thaw to the freeze, and April through October covers most of it. On Kia Nea Lake that shapes the whole year.

• Tackle & Baits

  No access rule appears in what we hold. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Expect 1.3 km away in from where the car goes. You can camp about 610 m away, going by the mapping. For the trout, small spinners and a box of nymphs cover both approaches. Look for a notice board at the entrance. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. Should this one be busy, Kinky Lake is 1.2 km off. Treat access at Kia Nea Lake as something to verify.