Alligator Lake in Whitehorse: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  You will find Alligator Lake in Whitehorse, Yukon. Height above sea level is 1,188 metres. Roughly 6.57 sq km of surface: treat each bay as a water in its own right. There is roughly 15 km of bank, more than one visit can cover properly. Few waters listed in Whitehorse are bigger. The closest town, Whitehorse, is 40 km distant. For a city, Anchorage is 793 km off. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Alligator Lake

  Depth is not on record here, which means reading the ground instead. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Public occurrence data for Whitehorse names Chinook salmon, Arctic grayling, round whitefish and longnose sucker. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. Treat Alligator Lake as a water to read rather than to cover.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Temperature averages peak at 10°C in July and bottom out at -17°C in January. This is a two-season water: locked, then wide open. Break-up comes around late May, and the run that follows is short and strong. On average, late May opens the water and mid October closes it again. The middle of summer slows a little, with dawn and dusk carrying it. At Alligator Lake the season follows that pattern closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Ownership and access are not documented in what we hold. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Mapping records no facilities at all near this water. For the trout, small spinners and a box of nymphs cover both approaches. Look for a notice board at the entrance. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. The nearest alternative is Ibex Lake, 15 km out. Confirm before you fish Alligator Lake.