Fishing at Even Lake, Kenora District, Ontario

• Overview

  Set in Kenora District, Even Lake is an Ontario water. The surface lies 457 metres up. It measures about 67 hectares, which is a comfortable size for bank fishing. The bank runs about 4.5 km all the way round, so one visit can cover most of it. By elevation it is in the upper part of our Ontario listings. Nearest place of any size is Ignace, 75 km away. Thunder Bay sits 172 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Even Lake

  No figure exists for depth, so let the water show you. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Reported across Kenora District: northern pike, longnose sucker, white sucker and johnny darter. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. At Even Lake the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July is the warm end of the year here, averaging about 18°C, while January sits near -20°C. The middle months are generous; the ends are demanding. Break-up comes around early May, and the run that follows is short and strong. The season between ice runs from about early May to mid November. Fish feed hardest at the start and the close of the open season. Plan any trip to Even Lake around it.

• Tackle & Baits

  There is no clear statement anywhere on who can fish it. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. Mapping records no facilities at all near this water. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Read any posted signs at the access point rather than assuming. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Elvira Lake, 3.2 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Confirm before you fish Even Lake.