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

• Overview

  Anaway Lake lies in Kenora District, in Ontario. The land about it is rolling bush. Roughly 2.30 sq km of surface: treat each bay as a water in its own right. At about 9.3 km of edge, most people work one arm at a time. Nearest place of any size is Dryden, 20 km away. Vermilion Bay follows at 50 km, then Sioux Lookout at 53 km. The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Anaway Lake

  Depth is unmeasured here, so let the shoreline guide 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. Kenora District records list northern pike, longnose sucker, white sucker and johnny darter among the fish reported. Take it as the county picture rather than a promise for this water. At Anaway Lake light and wind decide more than tackle does.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-run averages give July about 18°C and January about -18°C. Hard water is a season in its own right here. Ice is part of the season here, ending near late April. The lid tends to go about late April and return around mid November. The open run goes from the thaw to the freeze, and April through October covers most of it. Anaway Lake runs to that rhythm year in and year out.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. Mapping records no facilities at all near this water. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Wildbull Lake, 1.5 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Nothing here settles the position at Anaway Lake for certain.