Fishing St. Pierre Lake in Municipal District of Bonnyville No. 87, Alberta

• Overview

  St. Pierre Lake is a Municipal District of Bonnyville No. 87 water, in Alberta. It lies 674 metres above sea level. At about 11 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. Elk Point at 22 km is the nearest place to stop. Further out sit Bonnyville (23 km) and St. Paul (38 km). The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on St. Pierre Lake

  Depth figures are not published for this one. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Fish documented in Municipal District of Bonnyville No. 87 include yellow perch, Iowa darter, walleye and white sucker. The county figures include rivers and lakes alike. At St. Pierre Lake the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The year swings from about -16°C in January to roughly 16°C in July. The fishing year opens late and shuts early. Ice is part of the season here, ending near late April. In an average year the thaw lands around late April and the freeze near mid November. From the thaw to midsummer the fishing improves week by week. That is the shape of the year on St. Pierre Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. Public mapping marks it as seasonal water rather than permanent. Nothing formal is recorded here: no ramp, no car park, no marked path. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Read any posted signs at the access point rather than assuming. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. The nearest alternative is Jerome Lake, 0.6 km out. What applies at St. Pierre Lake may have changed since it was mapped.