Fishing at Dedee Lake, Kenora District, Ontario

• Overview

  You will find Dedee Lake in Kenora District, Ontario. Around the bank it is pine and birch. Surface area runs to roughly 4.09 sq km, so plan for one area rather than the whole. Some 28 km of shoreline means conditions can differ from one end to the other. Head to Red Lake, 29 km away, for anything you forgot. It is 243 km to Winnipeg, the nearest city. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Dedee Lake

  Nothing in our records gives a depth for this one. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Records held for Kenora District cover northern pike, longnose sucker and white sucker. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. On Dedee Lake that means starting tight and working out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages move between -19°C in January and 18°C in July. Winter shuts things down for a spell, then spring reopens them fast. The lid arrives early and lasts until roughly late April. Climate figures give an open season running late April to mid November. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. That is the shape of the year on Dedee Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Ownership and access are not documented in what we hold. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. No built facilities appear in mapping around this water. For the pike, wire up and throw larger lures along the weed edges. Take the rules with you rather than trusting memory. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Should this one be busy, Longlegged Lake is 10 km off. Signs at Dedee Lake carry more weight than any list.