Ridgers Lake Fishing in Northwest Territories, Northwest Territories

• Overview

  Look for Ridgers Lake in Northwest Territories. Height above sea level is 366 metres. It measures some 7.34 sq km, and wind has room to build across it. You are looking at roughly 21 km of shoreline, with plenty of water between access points. On size it sits at the modest end of our Northwest Territories list. Arviat sits 489 km from the bank. For a city, Saskatoon is 1021 km off. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Ridgers Lake

  Our records hold no depth for this water. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Take Ridgers Lake a stretch at a time. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-term averages put July at about 14°C and January near -29°C. This far north the hard season runs and runs. Count on hard cover from midwinter, and open water from early June. The season between ice runs from about early June to mid October. Fishing peaks soon after break-up and again before the cold returns. Plan any trip to Ridgers Lake around it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. Nothing formal is recorded here: no ramp, no car park, no marked path. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. The nearest alternative is Three Wives Lake, 21 km out. Nothing here settles the position at Ridgers Lake for certain.