Fawcett Lake Chain Fishing Guide, Kenora District, Ontario

• Overview

  Fawcett Lake Chain is a Kenora District water, in Ontario. It sits in lake country bush country. At about 27 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. The edge runs 3.7 km or so, easy to work in an afternoon. It is a small entry by Kenora District standards. Dryden lies 39 km from the water. It is 308 km to Winnipeg, the nearest city. This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Fawcett Lake Chain

  Depth is unmeasured here, so let the shoreline guide you. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Open biodiversity records for Kenora District list northern pike, longnose sucker, white sucker, johnny darter and logperch. County data is a starting point rather than a guarantee. At Fawcett Lake Chain the water rewards a slow, careful approach.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Between January at about -18°C and July at about 18°C, the water has a wide range to work through. Cold locks it up for a good stretch each year. Ice-out usually falls in late April, and the weeks after it fish hardest. The lid tends to go about late April and return around mid November. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. Time your trip to Fawcett Lake Chain by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access status is simply unknown for this water. No made access appears within a short radius, so plan to park on a verge and walk. For the pike, wire up and throw larger lures along the weed edges. Provincial rules still apply whatever the bank status. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Should this one be busy, Film Lake is 1.7 km off. The position on Fawcett Lake Chain is worth confirming on the day.