Amik Lake in Kenora District: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Amik Lake is listed under Kenora District, Ontario. The bank is 391 metres above sea level. This is big water, about 11.84 sq km, and in a wind it behaves like a small sea. Some 76 km of shoreline means conditions can differ from one end to the other. Few waters listed in Kenora District are bigger. Nearest place of any size is Sioux Lookout, 27 km away. Thunder Bay sits 252 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Amik Lake

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. County-wide records name northern pike, longnose sucker, white sucker, johnny darter and logperch. Take it as the county picture rather than a promise for this water. Read Amik Lake for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-run averages give July about 18°C and January about -18°C. The year splits cleanly: hard water, then open water. Winter locks it down, and late April brings it back. From about late April to around mid November, expect open water on the long-run figures. September and October fish steadily right up to the freeze. Amik Lake fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing on record says whether the bank is open or closed. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, so treat access as rough. For the pike, wire up and throw larger lures along the weed edges. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Favot Lake at 2.9 km is the sensible second choice. Nothing on Amik Lake should be assumed from this page alone.