Ravine Lake Fishing in County of Vermilion River No. 24, Alberta

• Overview

  Ravine Lake is listed under County of Vermilion River No. 24, Alberta. It stands 692 metres above sea level. It covers about 7 hectares, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. Lloydminster is the closest town at 23 km. For a city, Edmonton is 211 km off. In the same area: 3.1 km away is Teepee Lake, Clarke Lake 7 km, 7.7 km away is Plover Lake, Albert Lake 7.8 km and 15 km away is Devonia Lake. This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Ravine Lake

  Open data we checked carries no depth for this water. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Records held for County of Vermilion River No. 24 cover northern pike, logperch, shorthead redhorse, silver redhorse and walleye. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Ravine Lake fishes better once you know its edges.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 16°C; the cold one sits at -16°C. Cold dominates the calendar on water this far north. The lid arrives early and lasts until roughly late April. Break-up near late April, freeze-up near mid November: that is the shape of an average year. The open run goes from the thaw to the freeze, and April through October covers most of it. That is the shape of the year on Ravine Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. Mapped as intermittent, it fills after rain and shrinks between. Mapping shows no built access close by; expect to walk in from wherever you can leave the car. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. Teepee Lake, 3.1 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Where Ravine Lake is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.