Staszuk Lake in Kenora District: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  This water sits in Kenora District, Ontario. This is spruce and muskeg ground. The water covers some 41 hectares, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. The whole outline is near 2.7 km, and most of it is walkable. 228 km away sits Longlac, the nearest town. For a city, Thunder Bay is 413 km off. Close neighbours run: Tett Lake 4.9 km away, Duns Lake after 5.2 km, Stelman Lake 7 km away, Sherlock Lake after 7.3 km and Bertoia Lake 7.9 km away. This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Staszuk Lake

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. 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. On Staszuk Lake the first feature you find is usually worth a session.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 16°C at the top of summer and -22°C at the bottom of winter. Winter owns most of the year at this latitude. Hard cover is dependable here; it goes around early May. Expect the water usable from around early May until roughly early November. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. Staszuk Lake runs to that rhythm year in and year out.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. Formal access is not mapped, so the last stretch is likely on foot. For the pike, wire up and throw larger lures along the weed edges. Take the rules with you rather than trusting memory. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Tett Lake sits 4.9 km off and takes the overflow. What applies at Staszuk Lake may have changed since it was mapped.