Cat Lake in Kenora District: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Kenora District, Ontario, is where Cat Lake sits. The ground around here is rolling bush. It covers about 7 hectares, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. Our Kenora District list holds plenty of bigger water. For supplies, Kenora is 25 km out. Moose Lake is 88 km and Vermilion Bay 98 km. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Cat Lake

  We hold no survey for this water; read the slope of the shoreline instead. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Open biodiversity records for Kenora District list northern pike, longnose sucker and white sucker. County records show what lives in the area; the local agency holds the water-by-water list. At Cat Lake light and wind decide more than tackle does.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 19°C in July and bottoms out near -18°C in January. A full turn of seasons, with the strongest sport on either side of summer. Once it clears, about late April, the fishing comes on quickly. Ice clears near late April and comes back about mid November in a typical year. Fish feed hardest at the start and the close of the open season. The season on Cat Lake rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing on record says whether the bank is open or closed. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Parking space is the usual limit rather than the bank itself. Keep proof of licence with you rather than in the car. Should this one be busy, Myrtle Lake is 1.3 km off. Ask locally about Cat Lake if anything is unclear.