Lingrell Lake Fishing Guide, County of Grande Prairie No. 1, Alberta

• Overview

  Lingrell Lake sits in County of Grande Prairie No. 1, out in Alberta. The surroundings are rolling bush. It measures about 53 hectares, which is a comfortable size for bank fishing. The full circuit measures close to 3.4 km on foot. Beaverlodge at 59 km is the nearest place to stop. It is 434 km to Edmonton, the nearest city. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Lingrell Lake

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. County-wide records name longnose sucker, white sucker, largescale sucker, Arctic grayling and mountain whitefish. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. Read Lingrell Lake for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 14°C in July and bottoms out near -9°C in January. Spring and autumn carry the fishing; summer and winter test it. Hard cover is dependable here; it goes around late April. Average temperatures cross freezing around late April in spring and again near mid November in autumn. The weeks after the thaw and the ones before the freeze are the strongest. On Lingrell Lake that shapes the whole year.

• Tackle & Baits

  No access rule appears in what we hold. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. Nothing is mapped in the way of a ramp or car park within a short radius. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. The nearest alternative is Chinook Lake, 13 km out. Nothing here settles the position at Lingrell Lake for certain.