Biologist Lake in South Slave Region: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  The South Slave Region end of Northwest Territories holds Biologist Lake. This is open dry country country. It measures some 3.35 sq km, and wind has room to build across it. Some 11 km of bank gives room to move when the wind turns. On size it sits at the modest end of our South Slave Region list. Nearest town is Baker Lake, 389 km off. Edmonton is the closest city, 1306 km away. Water in the same corner: Hunger Lake just 51 km. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Biologist Lake

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Survey and observation records for South Slave Region include Arctic grayling, lake trout and Arctic charr. Take it as the county picture rather than a promise for this water. The shape of Biologist Lake rewards a slow walk along one bank.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages move between -30°C in January and 13°C in July. Little of the calendar is open water, so timing counts for everything. Ice-out usually falls in mid June, and the weeks after it fish hardest. Break-up sits around mid June on average, with the water closing again about early October. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. It holds true on Biologist Lake more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. There is no mapped parking or launch close by, which usually means walking in. Light line and small metal for the trout; a fly rod earns its place on calm evenings. Look for a notice board at the entrance. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Failing this one, try Hunger Lake, 51 km away. Nothing on Biologist Lake should be assumed from this page alone.