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

• Overview

  Lodestone Lake sits in Kenora District, out in Ontario. Elevation runs to 346 metres. It covers about 8 hectares, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. Our Kenora District list holds plenty of bigger water. For a base, Kenora sits 22 km out. Winnipeg sits 209 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. Not far off: Gold Lake (0.7 km), Magnet Lake at 0.8 km, Oblong Lake (1.3 km), Islet Lake at 1.7 km and Hollow Lake (1.8 km). No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Lodestone Lake

  No figure exists for depth, so let the water show you. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Public occurrence data for Kenora District names northern pike, longnose sucker and white sucker. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. At Lodestone Lake the water rewards a slow, careful approach.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Typical July readings run about 19°C; by January the average is down near -17°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 near late April, freeze-up near mid November: that is the shape of an average year. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. Lodestone Lake runs to that rhythm year in and year out.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. There is no mapped parking or launch close by, which usually means walking in. A wire trace and a big bright lure handle the pike; deep water asks for a heavier spoon. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Failing this one, try Gold Lake, 0.7 km away. Confirm before you fish Lodestone Lake.