Pritchard Lake Fishing Guide, Kenora District, Ontario

• Overview

  Within Kenora District, Ontario, you have Pritchard Lake. The surface lies 375 metres up. It measures about 43 hectares, which is a comfortable size for bank fishing. About 2.6 km of bank, so nothing stays unexplored for long. Nearest town is Dryden, 14 km off. Vermilion Bay is 36 km and Sioux Lookout 78 km. Water in the same corner: Flambeau Lake about 1.3 km, Bob Lake within 1.9 km, Guy Lake about 2.2 km, Lavo Lake within 5.6 km and Aubrey Lake about 6 km. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Pritchard Lake

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Open biodiversity records for Kenora District list northern pike, longnose sucker, white sucker and johnny darter. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. Pritchard Lake fishes better once you know its edges.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages move between -18°C in January and 18°C in July. Winter shuts things down for a spell, then spring reopens them fast. Ice-out usually falls in late April, and the weeks after it fish hardest. Break-up sits around late April on average, with the water closing again about mid November. September and October fish steadily right up to the freeze. It holds true on Pritchard Lake more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public sources are silent on who controls the bank. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. Access points are not mapped for this water, which suits people who like quiet. A wire trace and a big bright lure handle the pike; deep water asks for a heavier spoon. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Flambeau Lake, 1.3 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Rules at Pritchard Lake are worth checking on the day.