Harvey Lake Fishing Guide, Kenora District, Ontario

• Overview

  You will find Harvey Lake in Kenora District, Ontario. It sits in rolling bush country. It runs to roughly 42 hectares — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. The bank runs about 4.8 km all the way round, so one visit can cover most of it. Kenora at 40 km is the nearest place to stop. Further out sit Moose Lake (66 km) and Lac du Bonnet (90 km). It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Harvey Lake

  Depth figures are not published for this one. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Public occurrence data for Kenora District names northern pike, longnose sucker, white sucker and johnny darter. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. The shape of Harvey Lake decides where the fish sit.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 19°C; the cold one sits at -19°C. Expect a real winter and a strong spring after it. Ice-out usually falls in late April, and the weeks after it fish hardest. Climate figures give an open season running late April to mid November. September and October fish steadily right up to the freeze. The season on Harvey Lake rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. There is no recorded infrastructure here; expect to find your own way in. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. Tannis Lake sits 2.6 km off and takes the overflow. Check the position at Harvey Lake before loading the car.