Fishing Aubrey Lake in Kenora District, Ontario

• Overview

  Aubrey Lake is a Kenora District water, in Ontario. The country here is rolling bush. With some 24 hectares of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. There is roughly 2.5 km of shoreline here, which is a short walk end to end. It is a small entry by Kenora District standards. Sioux Lookout at 15 km is the nearest place to stop. For a city, Thunder Bay is 258 km off. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Aubrey Lake

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Fish documented in Kenora District include northern pike, longnose sucker, white sucker and johnny darter. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. The near bank of Aubrey Lake is often the one people ignore.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate normals give 18°C for July and -19°C for January. A full turn of seasons, with the strongest sport on either side of summer. The lid usually sets by midwinter and gives way around late April. The open-water window runs from around late April to about mid November in an average year. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. It sets the rhythm of the year at Aubrey Lake.

• 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. Access is unmapped, which usually means a farm track and a walk. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Should this one be busy, Lincoln Lake is 0.8 km off. Confirm before you fish Aubrey Lake.