Chappie Lake Fishing Guide, Yukon, Yukon

• Overview

  Chappie Lake belongs to Yukon. The water sits 312 metres up. At some 3.32 sq km it is far too large to cover on foot in a day. With 7.5 km or so of shoreline, boat anglers cover ground the bank cannot. Ground here is low by Yukon standards. Head to Dawson City, 286 km away, for anything you forgot. The nearest city of size is Anchorage, 896 km away. More in the same country: 53 km out stands Margaret Lake. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Chappie Lake

  We hold no depth figure for this one. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Read Chappie Lake before you fish it and the day goes better. Cover your ground slowly and you will find the productive stretch.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Typical July readings run about 15°C; by January the average is down near -26°C. Open water is the exception rather than the rule here. Firm cover through the cold months, then open water from late May. On the long-run averages the water opens up around late May and starts locking again about mid October. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. Anyone fishing Chappie Lake regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  There is no clear statement anywhere on who can fish it. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. The nearest alternative is Margaret Lake, 53 km out. Ask locally about Chappie Lake if anything is unclear.