Fishing Angelique Lake in North Slave Region, Northwest Territories

• Overview

  Angelique Lake sits in North Slave Region, out in Northwest Territories. The setting is sage and rock. At roughly 17.76 sq km it ranks among the larger waters in the region. At about 69 km of edge, most people fish a single area and learn it well. It is high ground by Northwest Territories standards. Behchokǫ̀ is the closest town at 241 km. Yellowknife lies 247 km off, Kugluktuk another 363 km. This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Angelique Lake

  Our records carry no depth, so judge it from the bank. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Fish documented in North Slave Region include Arctic grayling, lake trout and slimy sculpin. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. At Angelique Lake the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-run averages give July about 13°C and January about -29°C. Winter runs most of the calendar, and everything worth doing happens in the gap. The lid usually goes in early June, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. Averages place the thaw at early June and the freeze at mid October. The open run goes from the thaw to the freeze, and April through October covers most of it. It sets the rhythm of the year at Angelique Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. For the trout, small spinners and a box of nymphs cover both approaches. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Should this one be busy, Humpy Lake is 3.8 km off. For Angelique Lake, the notice at the access point is the final word.