Patte Lake Fishing Guide, Kenora District, Ontario

• Overview

  You will find Patte Lake in Kenora District, Ontario. The bank is 302 metres above sea level. At 2.49 sq km this is proper open water rather than a pond. The outline measures near 12 km, so local knowledge counts. Head to Greenstone, 230 km away, for anything you forgot. After that come Geraldton at 240 km and Sioux Lookout at 253 km. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Patte Lake

  Open data we checked carries no depth for this water. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Fish documented in Kenora District include northern pike, longnose sucker and white sucker. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Patte Lake responds to conditions more than to tactics.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate normals give 16°C for July and -21°C for January. Everything is compressed into the middle of the year. The lid arrives early and lasts until roughly early May. The water is typically free of ice between early May and early November. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. On Patte Lake that shapes the whole year.

• Tackle & Baits

  There is no clear statement anywhere on who can fish it. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Nothing is listed nearby for parking or launching a boat. For the pike, wire up and throw larger lures along the weed edges. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Should this one be busy, Snowflake Lake is 11 km off. None of that is settled for Patte Lake in what we hold.