NinaLake Fishing in Municipal District of Northern Lights No. 22, Alberta

• Overview

  NinaLake is a Municipal District of Northern Lights No. 22 water, in Alberta. It stands 463 metres above sea level. Surface area runs to roughly 2.70 sq km, so plan for one area rather than the whole. Shoreline length is close to 6.2 km, and each section fishes a little differently. Start from Manning, 59 km down the road. Further out sit La Crête (100 km) and High Level (122 km). Round about: Crummy Lake 28 km off and Scully Creek (34 km). No county line comes close, which keeps the paperwork simple.

• Where to Fish on NinaLake

  Open data we checked carries no depth for this water. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Species logged across Municipal District of Northern Lights No. 22 include longnose sucker, white sucker, northern pike and Arctic grayling. Read it as a county summary, not a water-by-water list. Work NinaLake in sections rather than trying to cover it.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is -19°C to 16°C. Long winters and short summers set the pattern. Count on hard cover from midwinter, and open water from late April. The water is typically free of ice between late April and early November. June through September is the settled part of the year, with the shoulders busier for fish. It holds true on NinaLake more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Formal access is not mapped, so the last stretch is likely on foot. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Crummy Lake, 28 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Rules at NinaLake are worth checking on the day.