Old Stanton Lake Fishing in Inuvik Region, Northwest Territories

• Overview

  Old Stanton Lake is an Inuvik Region water, in Northwest Territories. The coast is 2.7 km away. With some 16 hectares of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. With about 1.5 km of edge, you can try several depths in one session. Our Inuvik Region list holds plenty of bigger water. You are 245 km from Inuvik. For a city, Anchorage is 1342 km off. You would be travelling a fair way to find the next one. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Old Stanton Lake

  Depth is unmeasured here, so let the shoreline guide you. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Open biodiversity records for Inuvik Region list Arctic charr. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Old Stanton Lake fishes better once you know its edges.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Typical July readings run about 11°C; by January the average is down near -28°C. Cold dominates the year and the fishing works around it. After mid June the shallows warm and the fish move up. Break-up sits around mid June on average, with the water closing again about early October. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. The season on Old Stanton Lake follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Nothing built is recorded close to the bank here. For the trout, small spinners and a box of nymphs cover both approaches. Parking space is the usual limit rather than the bank itself. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. For Old Stanton Lake, the notice at the access point is the final word.