Cam Lake Fishing in Kenora District, Ontario

• Overview

  Look for Cam Lake in Kenora District, Ontario. The bank is 322 metres above sea level. This is sizeable water at about 1.16 sq km, and a boat opens up most of it. Some 5.0 km of bank gives room to move when the wind turns. Red Lake at 160 km is the nearest place to stop. For a city, Winnipeg is 403 km off. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Cam Lake

  We hold no depth figure for this one. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Survey and observation records for Kenora District include northern pike, longnose sucker and white sucker. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Treat Cam Lake as a water to read rather than to cover.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 17°C and January at -21°C. The season is measured in weeks rather than months. Winter locks it down, and early May brings it back. Open water usually runs from early May until about early November. September and October fish steadily right up to the freeze. Plan around that when you fish Cam Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, so treat access as rough. For the pike, wire up and throw larger lures along the weed edges. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Failing this one, try Little Hewitt Lake, 3.1 km away. Nothing here settles the position at Cam Lake for certain.