Basket Lake Fishing in Kenora District, Ontario

• Overview

  In Ontario, Basket Lake falls inside Kenora District. The surface lies 322 metres up. At about 24 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. There is roughly 2.5 km of shoreline here, which is a short walk end to end. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Kenora District. Kenora is the closest place, 24 km off. For a city, Winnipeg is 198 km off. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Basket Lake

  Nothing we hold settles how deep this runs. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Open biodiversity records for Kenora District list northern pike, longnose sucker, white sucker, johnny darter and logperch. The county list is broader than any single water. The near bank of Basket Lake is often the one people ignore.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July to average close to 19°C, with January the cold end at about -18°C. The middle months are generous; the ends are demanding. Ice is part of the season here, ending near late April. The lid tends to go about late April and return around mid November. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. Plan any trip to Basket Lake around it.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. A pier 590 m from here gives a platform over deeper water. For the pike, wire up and throw larger lures along the weed edges. Ask in the nearest town if you are unsure. Keep proof of licence with you rather than in the car. Armstrong Lake at 1.4 km is the sensible second choice. None of that is settled for Basket Lake in what we hold.