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

• Overview

  Wanner Lake sits in Timber Bay, out in Saskatchewan. The land about it is boreal forest. Surface area runs to roughly 2.70 sq km, so plan for one area rather than the whole. You are looking at roughly 14 km of shoreline, with plenty of water between access points. La Ronge lies 87 km from the water. The big place round here is Saskatoon, 259 km distant. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Wanner Lake

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Species logged across Timber Bay include northern pike, yellow perch and white sucker. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. Wanner Lake repays a walk before the first cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 16°C; the cold one sits at -18°C. The ice season is long here and the open one short. Count the season from break-up, usually early May. Going by climate averages, expect open water from about early May until roughly early November. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. The season on Wanner Lake follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. Nothing in the way of made access shows up nearby: no ramp, no car park, no path. For the trout, small spinners and a box of nymphs cover both approaches. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Check whether bait restrictions apply before you buy any. For a change of water, Edgelow Lake is 2.8 km distant. Nothing here settles the position at Wanner Lake for certain.