Fishing Narcisse Lake in North Slave Region, Northwest Territories

• Overview

  Narcisse Lake sits within North Slave Region in Northwest Territories. Country round the bank runs to dry rangeland. At some 2.00 sq km it is far too large to cover on foot in a day. Our North Slave Region list holds plenty of bigger water. Head to Yellowknife, 34 km away, for anything you forgot. After that come Behchokǫ̀ at 79 km and Hay River at 226 km. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Narcisse Lake

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Open biodiversity records for North Slave Region list Arctic grayling, lake trout and slimy sculpin. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Read Narcisse Lake for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 16°C at the top of summer and -28°C at the bottom of winter. This far north the hard season runs and runs. Hard water holds through the cold months, breaking up near late May. On average, late May opens the water and late October closes it again. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. Anyone fishing Narcisse Lake regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. Nothing is mapped in the way of a ramp or car park within a short radius. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Take the rules with you rather than trusting memory. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. Should this one be busy, Duckfish Lake is 9 km off. What applies at Narcisse Lake may have changed since it was mapped.