Fishing Prospect Lake in Kenora District, Ontario

• Overview

  The Kenora District end of Ontario holds Prospect Lake. The land about it is lake country bush. With some 45 hectares of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. Shoreline comes to about 3.3 km, small enough to learn in a day. The closest town, Sioux Lookout, is 44 km distant. For a city, Thunder Bay is 231 km off. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Prospect Lake

  Depth here is unknown, so count the lead down before committing. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Reported across Kenora District: northern pike, longnose sucker, white sucker, johnny darter and logperch. The county figures include rivers and lakes alike. On Prospect Lake a short move beats a long cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Temperature averages peak at 18°C in July and bottom out at -19°C in January. A solid cap is the normal state through winter. The lid usually sets by midwinter and gives way around early May. Break-up near early May, freeze-up near mid November: that is the shape of an average year. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. Prospect Lake fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. No made access is recorded, so a short walk in is the likely arrangement. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. Failing this one, try Wyatt Lake, 3.3 km away. Treat access at Prospect Lake as something to verify.