Walleye Lake Fishing near Vermilion Bay, Ontario

• Overview

  In Ontario, Walleye Lake falls inside Kenora District. The ground around here is pine and birch. This is sizeable water at about 1.90 sq km, and a boat opens up most of it. You are looking at roughly 21 km of shoreline, with plenty of water between access points. Vermilion Bay sits 12 km from the bank. Dryden is 54 km and Kenora 71 km. The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Walleye Lake

  Nothing in our records gives a depth for this one. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Public occurrence data for Kenora District names northern pike, longnose sucker, white sucker, johnny darter and logperch. Records at this level tell you what is in the area. At Walleye Lake the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 19°C; the cold one sits at -17°C. A full turn of seasons, with the strongest sport on either side of summer. Firm cover through the cold months, then open water from late April. Break-up near late April, freeze-up near mid November: that is the shape of an average year. The first weeks of open water and the last are the ones to plan for. Walleye Lake fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  No access rule appears in what we hold. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. The map shows no ramp or car park nearby, so this is a walk-in water. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. A phone call first saves an afternoon. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Should this one be busy, Black Lakes is 2 km off. For Walleye Lake in particular, ask before you travel.