Fishing Pushup Lake in Wood Buffalo, Alberta

• Overview

  Pushup Lake is listed under Wood Buffalo, Alberta. Height above sea level is 211 metres. Surface area runs to roughly 9.74 sq km, so plan for one area rather than the whole. By elevation it sits in the lower part of our Alberta listings. For a base, Fort Smith sits 135 km out. Fort McMurray lies 232 km off, La Crête another 297 km. This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Pushup Lake

  Depth is not on record here, so the bank has to tell you. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Across Wood Buffalo, recorded fish include longnose sucker, Arctic grayling, white sucker and mountain whitefish. The list covers the county rather than this water alone, so treat it as a guide. Pushup Lake fishes better once you know its edges.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs -23°C to 17°C. Open water is the exception rather than the rule here. The lid usually sets by midwinter and gives way around early May. Ice clears near early May and comes back about early November in a typical year. September and October fish steadily right up to the freeze. That is the shape of the year on Pushup Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether the bank is open is not something our records settle. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. Egg Lake, 8.2 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Check the position on Pushup Lake before loading the car.