Bludgeon Lake, Ontario: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Ontario holds Bludgeon Lake, in Kenora District. This is pine and birch country. At about 14 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. A shoreline of some 1.6 km keeps the choices simple. On size it sits at the modest end of our Kenora District list. The town to know is Kenora, 32 km out. The nearest city of size is Winnipeg, 164 km away. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Bludgeon Lake

  We hold no depth figure for this one. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Across Kenora District, recorded fish include northern pike, longnose sucker, white sucker and johnny darter. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Bludgeon Lake fishes better once you know its edges.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 19°C at the top of summer and -18°C at the bottom of winter. Hard water is a season in its own right here. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about late April. The season between ice runs from about late April to mid November. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. Time your trip to Bludgeon Lake by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. A wire trace and a big bright lure handle the pike; deep water asks for a heavier spoon. Parking is often the real limit rather than the bank itself. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. Should this one be busy, Potato Lake is 0.6 km off. Check the position on Bludgeon Lake before loading the car.