Look Lake Fishing Guide, Kenora District, Ontario

• Overview

  This water sits in Kenora District, Ontario. Height above sea level is 377 metres. With some 13 hectares of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. Bank access stretches around 1.6 km in total. Most waters listed here for Kenora District are larger. For a base, Sioux Lookout sits 16 km out. Thunder Bay sits 261 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Look Lake

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Public occurrence data for Kenora District names northern pike, longnose sucker and white sucker. Read it as a county summary, not a water-by-water list. Work Look Lake in sections rather than trying to cover it.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Seasonal averages run from -19°C in January up to 18°C in July. Winter shuts things down for a spell, then spring reopens them fast. Hard water holds through the cold months, breaking up near late April. The open-water window runs from around late April to about mid November in an average year. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. It holds true on Look Lake more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. Access points are not mapped for this water, which suits people who like quiet. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Check locally before you travel, because a wasted drive is a long one. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. Out Lake sits 1.8 km off and takes the overflow. For Look Lake, the notice at the access point is the final word.