Moise Lake in North Slave Region: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Moise Lake belongs to North Slave Region, Northwest Territories. What surrounds it is dry open country. Around 77 hectares of surface means several distinct areas to work. The shoreline runs about 6.1 km, so it pays to pick a stretch and stay with it. It is one of the smaller waters we list in North Slave Region. Head to Yellowknife, 19 km away, for anything you forgot. Edmonton is the closest city, 977 km away. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Moise Lake

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Reported across North Slave Region: Arctic grayling, lake trout and slimy sculpin. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Moise Lake responds to conditions more than to tactics.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 15°C in July and bottoms out near -26°C in January. Everything is compressed into the middle of the year. Count on hard cover from midwinter, and open water from late May. The water is typically free of ice between late May and late October. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. That shapes the year on Moise Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. No built facilities appear in mapping around this water. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Provincial rules still apply whatever the bank status. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. Should this one be busy, Rib Lake is 3 km off. Check the position at Moise Lake before loading the car.