Aumaluuktuuk Lake in Nunavut: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Aumaluuktuuk Lake is a Nunavut water, Nunavut side. Around the bank it is dry open country. This is sizeable water at about 2.20 sq km, and a boat opens up most of it. At about 7.1 km of edge, most people work one arm at a time. Most waters listed here for Nunavut are larger. Head to Baker Lake, 48 km away, for anything you forgot. Rankin Inlet is 240 km and Arviat 330 km. No county line comes close, which keeps the paperwork simple.

• Where to Fish on Aumaluuktuuk Lake

  Our records carry no depth, so judge it from the bank. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. On Aumaluuktuuk Lake a short move beats a long cast. A short cast to the right spot beats a long one to the wrong one.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July runs about 12°C on average, January about -32°C. Little of the calendar is open water, so timing counts for everything. Count the season from break-up, usually mid June. In an average year the thaw lands around mid June and the freeze near early October. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. On Aumaluuktuuk Lake the same rules apply, with local timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. Public mapping records no formal access here, so plan for a walk and soft ground. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Access can change hands, so last year's answer may not hold. For a change of water, Pitz Lake is 16 km distant. Check the position at Aumaluuktuuk Lake before loading the car.