Fishing Lee Lake in Kenora District, Ontario

• Overview

  Lee Lake lies in Kenora District, in Ontario. The surface lies 384 metres up. With some 30 hectares of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. There is roughly 3.5 km of shoreline here, which is a short walk end to end. Our Kenora District list holds plenty of bigger water. The closest town, Dryden, is 42 km distant. For a city, Thunder Bay is 260 km off. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Lee Lake

  There is no published depth for this one, so start shallow and work out. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Reported across Kenora District: northern pike, longnose sucker, white sucker, johnny darter and logperch. The county figures include rivers and lakes alike. Lee Lake gives up its fish to patience rather than distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Typical July readings run about 18°C; by January the average is down near -18°C. The year runs cold to warm and back, with clear transitions. Count on hard cover from midwinter, and open water from late April. Break-up sits around late April on average, with the water closing again about mid November. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. Plan around that when you fish Lee Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. 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. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. Failing this one, try Lowery Lake, 3.1 km away. Check the position on Lee Lake before loading the car.