Edgelow Lake in Timber Bay: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  In Saskatchewan, Edgelow Lake falls inside Timber Bay. The setting is spruce and muskeg. Roughly 51 hectares: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. At about 7.3 km of edge, most people work one arm at a time. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Timber Bay. La Ronge is the closest place, 87 km off. The big place round here is Saskatoon, 257 km distant. No county line comes close, which keeps the paperwork simple.

• Where to Fish on Edgelow Lake

  The records we hold are silent on depth, so plan to find it yourself. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Records held for Timber Bay cover northern pike, yellow perch, white sucker, walleye and brook trout. Take it as the county picture rather than a promise for this water. At Edgelow Lake the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages move between -18°C in January and 16°C in July. Open water is the exception rather than the rule here. The freeze runs deep into the year, with break-up near late April. Break-up near late April, freeze-up near early November: that is the shape of an average year. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. The season on Edgelow Lake follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public sources are silent on who controls the bank. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. Nothing built is recorded close to the bank here. Light line and small metal for the trout; a fly rod earns its place on calm evenings. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. For a change of water, Wanner Lake is 2.8 km distant. The position on Edgelow Lake is worth confirming on the day.