Armitage Lake Fishing in Kenora District, Ontario

• Overview

  The Kenora District entry here is Armitage Lake, in Ontario. The water sits 353 metres up. The water covers some 60 hectares, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. Roughly 4.9 km of bank means you can walk to a fresh area when one goes quiet. Lac du Bonnet at 71 km is the nearest place to stop. Then Kenora, 88 km, and Beausejour, 109 km. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Armitage Lake

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Open biodiversity records for Kenora District list northern pike, longnose sucker, white sucker, johnny darter and logperch. County records show what lives in the area; the local agency holds the water-by-water list. At Armitage Lake the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Temperature averages peak at 19°C in July and bottom out at -19°C in January. Winter closes the water for a while, and the reopening is worth catching. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about late April. The open-water window runs from around late April to about mid November in an average year. Fish feed hardest at the start and the close of the open season. Plan around that when you fish Armitage Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. Nothing in the way of made access shows up nearby: no ramp, no car park, no path. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Check whether a boat is allowed before you tow one. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. Should this one be busy, Petch Lake is 1 km off. The position on Armitage Lake is worth confirming on the day.