Little Boulder Lake Fishing Guide, Kenora District, Ontario

• Overview

  The Kenora District end of Ontario holds Little Boulder Lake. Height above sea level is 341 metres. With some 45 hectares of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. The full circuit measures close to 4.3 km on foot. Kenora lies 30 km from the water. The nearest city of size is Winnipeg, 161 km away. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Little Boulder Lake

  Our records hold no depth for this water. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Kenora District records list northern pike, longnose sucker, white sucker and johnny darter among the fish reported. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. Fish Little Boulder Lake to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 19°C and January at -18°C. Cold locks it up for a good stretch each year. Firm cover through the cold months, then open water from late April. Ice usually gives way near late April, and forms again about mid November. Fishing peaks soon after break-up and again before the cold returns. Little Boulder Lake fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing on record says whether the bank is open or closed. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Public data shows nothing built here, so treat the whole approach as informal. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. If the gate is shut, Monument Lake at 1.7 km is the nearest alternative. Nothing on Little Boulder Lake should be assumed from this page alone.