Fishing Landing Lake in North Slave Region, Northwest Territories

• Overview

  Landing Lake is a North Slave Region water, in Northwest Territories. The ground round it is dry open country. About 1.10 sq km, so local knowledge or a boat saves a lot of walking. Some 11 km of bank gives room to move when the wind turns. Our North Slave Region list holds plenty of bigger water. For a base, Yellowknife sits 12 km out. Behchokǫ̀ is 88 km and Hay River 207 km. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Landing Lake

  We hold no survey for this water; read the slope of the shoreline instead. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Survey and observation records for North Slave Region include Arctic grayling, lake trout and slimy sculpin. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. Fish Landing Lake to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-run averages give July about 16°C and January about -27°C. The fishing year opens late and shuts early. Look for the thaw near late May; the fishing lifts straight after. Climate averages put the opening at about late May and the closing near late October. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. Plan any trip to Landing Lake around it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. Public mapping records no formal access here, so plan for a walk and soft ground. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. If the gate is shut, Finger Lake at 3.1 km is the nearest alternative. Nothing on Landing Lake should be assumed from this page alone.