Fishing Asselin Lake in Kenora District, Ontario

• Overview

  This water sits in Kenora District, Ontario. The ground around here is northern bush. The water covers around 4.50 sq km, which puts most of it out of reach from the bank. With 23 km or so of shoreline, boat anglers cover ground the bank cannot. Size puts it in the front rank of our Kenora District list. Greenstone sits 257 km from the bank. Then Geraldton, 261 km, and Longlac, 265 km. No boundary runs near, so the local rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on Asselin Lake

  Our records hold no depth for this water. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Records held for Kenora District cover northern pike, longnose sucker, white sucker and johnny darter. The county list is broader than any single water. Work Asselin Lake in sections rather than trying to cover it.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July near 16°C and January near -22°C on the long-run figures. Long winters and short summers set the pattern. Count the season from break-up, usually early May. In an average year the thaw lands around early May and the freeze near early November. Fish feed hardest at the start and the close of the open season. The season on Asselin Lake rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. Public mapping records no formal access here, so plan for a walk and soft ground. A wire trace and a big bright lure handle the pike; deep water asks for a heavier spoon. Check whether a boat is allowed before you tow one. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Failing this one, try Mensour Lake, 11 km away. None of that is settled for Asselin Lake in what we hold.