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

• Overview

  Look for Lorne Lake in Kenora District, Ontario. It sits at 362 metres above sea level. Roughly 2.06 sq km of surface: treat each bay as a water in its own right. The perimeter runs near 8.4 km, so plan the walk before you start. The nearest place of any size is Dryden, 27 km away. The big place round here is Winnipeg, 297 km distant. No boundary runs near, so the local rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on Lorne Lake

  Nothing we hold settles how deep this runs. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Fish documented in Kenora District include northern pike, longnose sucker and white sucker. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. At Lorne Lake the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 18°C in July and bottoms out near -18°C in January. Cold winters and warm summers give a wide working range. The freeze runs deep into the year, with break-up near late April. The open-water window runs from around late April to about mid November in an average year. Spring is short and heavy here; autumn is longer and steadier. Lorne Lake runs to that rhythm year in and year out.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. No built facilities appear in mapping around this water. For the pike, wire up and throw larger lures along the weed edges. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Failing this one, try Rugby Lake, 3.4 km away. Nothing here settles the position at Lorne Lake for certain.