Fishing at Okemasis Lake, Stony Rapids, Saskatchewan

• Overview

  You will find Okemasis Lake in Stony Rapids, Saskatchewan. The bank is 331 metres above sea level. This is sizeable water at about 1.11 sq km, and a boat opens up most of it. With 11 km or so of shoreline, boat anglers cover ground the bank cannot. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Stony Rapids. The closest town, Fort Smith, is 412 km distant. Then Buffalo Narrows, 453 km, and La Ronge, 478 km. The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Okemasis Lake

  Depth is not on record here, so the bank has to tell you. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Survey and observation records for Stony Rapids include cisco, northern pike, round whitefish, lake chub and slimy sculpin. County records show what lives in the area; the local agency holds the water-by-water list. Fish Okemasis Lake to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July runs about 15°C on average, January about -26°C. Open water is the exception rather than the rule here. Hard water holds through the cold months, breaking up near late May. The water is typically free of ice between late May and late October. The strongest runs come at either end of the open season. That shapes the year on Okemasis Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. No car park, ramp or path is recorded within easy reach of the shore. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Parking space is the usual limit rather than the bank itself. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. If the gate is shut, Tycoles Lake at 2.6 km is the nearest alternative. Confirm before you fish Okemasis Lake.