Fifty Two Lake Fishing Guide, Kenora District, Ontario

• Overview

  This water sits in Kenora District, Ontario. Country round the bank runs to mixed forest. Around 17 hectares of surface means several distinct areas to work. The whole outline is near 2.9 km, and most of it is walkable. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Kenora District. You are 32 km from Dryden. Further out sit Vermilion Bay (35 km) and Sioux Lookout (72 km). No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Fifty Two Lake

  We hold no survey for this water; read the slope of the shoreline instead. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. County-wide records name northern pike, longnose sucker, white sucker and johnny darter. The list covers the county rather than this water alone, so treat it as a guide. At Fifty Two Lake the water rewards a slow, careful approach.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Seasonal averages run from -18°C in January up to 18°C in July. Winter shuts the surface down for months. The lid usually sets by midwinter and gives way around late April. In an average year the thaw lands around late April and the freeze near mid November. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. On Fifty Two Lake that shapes the whole year.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. A wire trace and a big bright lure handle the pike; deep water asks for a heavier spoon. Season dates differ by species, so read the table. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. Failing this one, try Little Amesdale Lake, 2.1 km away. Nothing here settles the position at Fifty Two Lake for certain.