Myr Lake Fishing near St. Paul, Alberta

• Overview

  Look for Myr Lake in County of St. Paul No. 19, Alberta. The bank is 641 metres above sea level. It measures about 14 hectares, which is a comfortable size for bank fishing. The full circuit measures close to 2.9 km on foot. Supplies mean a trip to St. Paul, 20 km off. It is 145 km to Edmonton, the nearest city. The nearest edge is a long way off, so local rules apply throughout.

• Where to Fish on Myr Lake

  Our records carry no depth, so judge it from the bank. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. County-wide records name yellow perch, Iowa darter, northern pike and white sucker. Read it as a county summary, not a water-by-water list. Treat Myr Lake as a water to read rather than to cover.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 16°C in July and bottoms out near -16°C in January. Cold dominates the calendar on water this far north. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about late April. Expect the water usable from around late April until roughly mid November. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. Expect Myr Lake to follow that timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. Mapping records no facilities at all near this water. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Local rules can differ across the county line, so check where you stand. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Lac Bellevue, 1.9 km away, makes the obvious fallback. For Myr Lake, the notice at the access point is the final word.