Fishing Sully Lake in Kenora District, Ontario

• Overview

  Sully Lake sits in Kenora District, out in Ontario. Elevation runs to 391 metres. About 1.24 sq km, so local knowledge or a boat saves a lot of walking. The margin runs to about 9.3 km in total. Nearest place of any size is Red Lake, 6.8 km away. For a city, Winnipeg is 266 km off. Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.

• Where to Fish on Sully Lake

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Kenora District records list northern pike, longnose sucker, white sucker and johnny darter among the fish reported. Records at county level tell you what is around, not what is stocked here. At Sully Lake the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is -19°C to 18°C. A hard winter is normal, and the thaw brings a strong few weeks. The freeze runs deep into the year, with break-up near late April. Climate averages put the opening at about late April and the closing near mid November. Spring is short and heavy here; autumn is longer and steadier. Plan around that when you fish Sully Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing we hold confirms whether access is permitted. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. Nothing is mapped in the way of a ramp or car park within a short radius. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. Petersen Lake sits 1.4 km off and takes the overflow. Rules at Sully Lake are worth checking on the day.