Fishing Murray Lake in Nunavut, Nunavut

• Overview

  Murray Lake is listed under Nunavut. The ground round it is open dry country. At 5.03 sq km this is proper open water rather than a pond. There is roughly 18 km of bank, more than one visit can cover properly. It is a small entry by Nunavut standards. Pond Inlet lies 980 km from the water. Anchorage is the closest city, 3172 km away. Also worth knowing: Lake Hazen sits 57 km out and Heintzelman Lake about 59 km. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Murray Lake

  No published figure covers depth, so learn it as you fish. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Murray Lake responds to conditions more than to tactics. Overhanging branches shade fish that would otherwise sit deeper.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warmest month averages 3°C, the coldest about -31°C. The fishing year opens late and shuts early. Count the season from break-up, usually mid July. From about mid July to around early September, expect open water on the long-run figures. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. Murray Lake fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Access can change hands, so last year's answer may not hold. Lake Hazen, 57 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Treat Murray Lake as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.