Fishing at Mount Lake, Kenora District, Ontario

• Overview

  Ontario holds Mount Lake, in Kenora District. The surface lies 383 metres up. It runs to roughly 34 hectares — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. The whole outline is near 2.8 km, and most of it is walkable. Start from Sioux Lookout, 66 km down the road. The nearest city of size is Thunder Bay, 322 km away. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Mount Lake

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Across Kenora District, recorded fish include northern pike, longnose sucker and white sucker. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Fish Mount Lake where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 17°C at the top of summer and -19°C at the bottom of winter. Cold winters and warm summers give a wide working range. Once it clears, about early May, the fishing comes on quickly. Open water usually runs from early May until about mid November. Right after break-up, and again as the nights sharpen, is when to go. Plan around that when you fish Mount Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. Mapping records no facilities at all near this water. 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 the way in crosses private ground, ask first. The nearest alternative is Bingo Lake, 2.9 km out. Check the position at Mount Lake before loading the car.