Alkenore Lake Fishing in Kenora District, Ontario

• Overview

  In Ontario, Alkenore Lake belongs to Kenora District. Everything around it is pine and birch. It runs to roughly 38 hectares — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. About 2.5 km of bank, so nothing stays unexplored for long. Sioux Lookout sits 20 km from the bank. Thunder Bay is the closest city, 254 km away. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Alkenore Lake

  The records we hold are silent on depth, so plan to find it yourself. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Survey and observation records for Kenora District include northern pike, longnose sucker and white sucker. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Read Alkenore Lake before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Seasonal averages run from -19°C in January up to 18°C in July. Winter shuts things down for a spell, then spring reopens them fast. Winter fishing happens on the ice here, with open water back around late April. Ice usually gives way near late April, and forms again about mid November. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. Alkenore Lake runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether the bank is open is not something our records settle. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. Nothing is mapped in the way of a ramp or car park within a short radius. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Fore Lake at 0.9 km is the sensible second choice. Check the position on Alkenore Lake before loading the car.