Kenozhe Lake in Kenora District: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Kenozhe Lake is a Kenora District water, Ontario side. Elevation runs to 278 metres. The water covers around 8.91 sq km, which puts most of it out of reach from the bank. The bank runs about 37 km in total, split between open shore and sheltered corners. Few waters listed in Kenora District are bigger. The nearest town is Greenstone, 237 km away. Then Geraldton, 243 km, and Longlac, 248 km. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Kenozhe Lake

  Depth is unknown to us, and the shoreline is the better guide. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Open biodiversity records for Kenora District list northern pike, longnose sucker, white sucker and johnny darter. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. The shape of Kenozhe Lake rewards a slow walk along one bank.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs -22°C to 16°C. Winter owns most of the year at this latitude. The lid usually goes in early May, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. Averages place the thaw at early May and the freeze at early November. The open run goes from the thaw to the freeze, and April through October covers most of it. Anyone fishing Kenozhe Lake regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. No built facilities appear in mapping around this water. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Ask in the nearest town if you are unsure. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. Oneside Lake at 7.8 km is the sensible second choice. Nothing here settles the position at Kenozhe Lake for certain.