Duck Lake in Inuvik Region: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Duck Lake is one of the Inuvik Region waters in Northwest Territories. The water sits 15 metres up. Small even by pond standards, it rewards one careful line. On size it sits at the modest end of our Inuvik Region list. For supplies, Inuvik is 0.9 km out. Norman Wells is 455 km away, with Dawson City at 541 km. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Duck Lake

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Survey and observation records for Inuvik Region include Arctic charr. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Take Duck Lake a stretch at a time.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 14°C; the cold one sits at -28°C. Open water arrives late and leaves early, which concentrates the fishing. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about early June. Averages place the thaw at early June and the freeze at early October. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. Duck Lake runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. Boat Launch sits about 670 m away and carries the launch. There is a car park 120 m from the bank. Overnight stays are possible 780 m away. Mapping shows a picnic spot within 610 m. For the trout, small spinners and a box of nymphs cover both approaches. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. The nearest alternative is Boot Lake, 0.7 km out. None of that is settled for Duck Lake in what we hold.