Fishing Carmichael Lake in Kenora District, Ontario

• Overview

  Look for Carmichael Lake in the Kenora District part of Ontario. The bank is 385 metres above sea level. At about 11 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. About 2.4 km of bank, so nothing stays unexplored for long. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Kenora District. For a base, Kenora sits 16 km out. The nearest city of size is Winnipeg, 207 km away. Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.

• Where to Fish on Carmichael Lake

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Fish documented in Kenora District include northern pike, longnose sucker, white sucker, johnny darter and logperch. Read it as a county summary, not a water-by-water list. Fish Carmichael Lake to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July to average close to 19°C, with January the cold end at about -17°C. Winter closes the water for a while, and the reopening is worth catching. Count the season from break-up, usually late April. Expect the water usable from around late April until roughly mid November. Fish feed hardest at the start and the close of the open season. The season on Carmichael Lake rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. No made access appears within a short radius, so plan to park on a verge and walk. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. If the gate is shut, Camp Lake at 1.4 km is the nearest alternative. Check the position at Carmichael Lake before loading the car.