Boot Lake Fishing Guide, Inuvik Region, Northwest Territories

• Overview

  Boot Lake sits in Inuvik Region, out in Northwest Territories. This is dry rangeland country. Roughly 23 hectares: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. The full circuit measures close to 2.6 km on foot. On size it sits at the modest end of our Inuvik Region list. For a base, Inuvik sits 1.4 km out. The nearest city of size is Anchorage, 1097 km away. The nearest edge is a long way off, so local rules apply throughout.

• Where to Fish on Boot Lake

  Depth is unknown to us, and the shoreline is the better guide. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Inuvik Region records list Arctic charr among the fish reported. The list covers the county rather than this water alone, so treat it as a guide. Treat Boot Lake as a water to read rather than to cover.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-run averages give July about 14°C and January about -28°C. This far north the hard season runs and runs. Hard cover is dependable here; it goes around early June. Average temperatures cross freezing around early June in spring and again near early October in autumn. Fish feed hardest at the start and the close of the open season. Expect Boot Lake to follow that timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public sources are silent on who controls the bank. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. There is somewhere to leave the car, 460 m off. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. For a change of water, Duck Lake is 0.7 km distant. Nothing here settles the position at Boot Lake for certain.