Paddy Lake Fishing near Kenora, Ontario

• Overview

  The Kenora District end of Ontario holds Paddy Lake. The bank is 320 metres above sea level. Surface area is around 25 hectares, which gives you real water without needing a boat. Roughly 2.8 km of bank means you can walk to a fresh area when one goes quiet. On size it sits at the modest end of our Kenora District list. Kenora is the closest place, 23 km off. Moose Lake is 91 km and Vermilion Bay 95 km. The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Paddy Lake

  We hold no survey for this water; read the slope of the shoreline instead. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Survey and observation records for Kenora District include northern pike, longnose sucker, white sucker, johnny darter and logperch. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. The near bank of Paddy Lake is often the one people ignore.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is -18°C to 19°C. Winter shuts the surface down for months. The lid usually goes in late April, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. The lid tends to go about late April and return around mid November. September and October fish steadily right up to the freeze. It holds true on Paddy Lake more years than not.

• 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. You can camp 890 m off, which suits an early start. For the pike, wire up and throw larger lures along the weed edges. Season dates differ by species, so read the table. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. Puppy Lake, 0.8 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Treat Paddy Lake as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.