Fishing Banting Lake in North Slave Region, Northwest Territories

• Overview

  Banting Lake is a North Slave Region water, in Northwest Territories. The bank is 238 metres above sea level. Roughly 4.21 sq km of surface: treat each bay as a water in its own right. At about 29 km of edge, most people fish a single area and learn it well. Some 21 km away sits Yellowknife, the nearest settlement. It is 1012 km to Edmonton, the nearest city. No boundary runs near, so the local rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on Banting Lake

  Our records carry no depth, so judge it from the bank. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Records held for North Slave Region cover Arctic grayling, lake trout and slimy sculpin. Take it as the county picture rather than a promise for this water. Fish Banting Lake to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Temperature averages peak at 16°C in July and bottom out at -27°C in January. The season is measured in weeks rather than months. The open season starts with the thaw, near enough late May. Climate figures give an open season running late May to late October. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. The season on Banting Lake follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  The access position is unclear from public sources. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. No car park, ramp or path is recorded within easy reach of the shore. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Local rules can differ across the county line, so check where you stand. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. Should this one be busy, Likely Lake is 1.4 km off. Where Banting Lake is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.