Copilot Lake Fishing Guide, Kenora District, Ontario

• Overview

  Copilot Lake falls in Kenora District, part of Ontario. It lies 401 metres above sea level. Surface area runs to roughly 1.99 sq km, so plan for one area rather than the whole. At about 14 km of edge, most people work one arm at a time. The nearest town is Sioux Lookout, 71 km away. Thunder Bay is the closest city, 331 km away. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Copilot Lake

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Records held for Kenora District cover northern pike, longnose sucker, white sucker, johnny darter and logperch. Take it as the county picture rather than a promise for this water. At Copilot Lake light and wind decide more than tackle does.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Temperature averages peak at 18°C in July and bottom out at -19°C in January. Hard water is a season in its own right here. Winter locks it down, and early May brings it back. Going by climate averages, expect open water from about early May until roughly mid November. From the thaw to midsummer the fishing improves week by week. It holds true on Copilot Lake more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. No built facilities appear in mapping around this water. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. For a change of water, Writhing Lake is 2.4 km distant. Treat access at Copilot Lake as something to verify.