Fishing Turton Lake in Sahtu Region, Northwest Territories

• Overview

  Turton Lake belongs to Sahtu Region, Northwest Territories. What surrounds it is sage and rock. It covers about 49.29 sq km, which means weather matters as much as tactics. The perimeter is close to 66 km, and wind can be flat in one arm and rough in the next. By elevation it sits in the lower part of our Northwest Territories listings. Norman Wells is the closest place, 59 km off. It is 1238 km to Anchorage, the nearest city. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Turton Lake

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Records held for Sahtu Region cover longnose sucker, rainbow smelt and deepwater sculpin. Records at this level tell you what is in the area. Turton Lake repays a walk before the first cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Seasonal averages run from -27°C in January up to 16°C in July. Cold dominates the year and the fishing works around it. Winter fishing happens on the ice here, with open water back around late May. Averages suggest open water from about late May through to roughly mid October. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. That shapes the year on Turton Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. No built facilities appear in mapping around this water. A light spinning outfit with a small box of lures and some bait covers most of what swims here. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. Sam McRae Lake, 17 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Check the current arrangement for Turton Lake.