Harrison Lake Fishing Guide, Kenora District, Ontario

• Overview

  You will find Harrison Lake in Kenora District, Ontario. The bank gives way to rolling bush. Small at around 8 hectares: two anglers spread out cover most of it. Our Kenora District list holds plenty of bigger water. Nearest town is Vermilion Bay, 21 km off. Kenora follows at 59 km, then Dryden at 67 km. No county line comes close, which keeps the paperwork simple.

• Where to Fish on Harrison Lake

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Open biodiversity records for Kenora District list northern pike, longnose sucker and white sucker. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. At Harrison Lake the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July runs about 18°C on average, January about -17°C. Spring and autumn carry the fishing; summer and winter test it. Ice is part of the season here, ending near late April. Open water usually runs from late April until about mid November. The middle of summer slows a little, with dawn and dusk carrying it. It holds true on Harrison Lake more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. For the pike, wire up and throw larger lures along the weed edges. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. If the gate is shut, Augite Lake at 3.5 km is the nearest alternative. For Harrison Lake, the notice at the access point is the final word.