Hawdt Lake, Yukon: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Hawdt Lake falls in Village of Teslin, part of Yukon. The bank is 1,031 metres above sea level. At 1.72 sq km this is proper open water rather than a pond. The edge covers about 9.9 km, enough to hold several distinct areas. Whitehorse is the closest town at 105 km. It is 895 km to Anchorage, the nearest city. No boundary runs near, so the local rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on Hawdt Lake

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Public occurrence data for Village of Teslin names Chinook salmon, lake whitefish and Arctic grayling. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. Hawdt Lake gives up its fish to patience rather than distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 12°C in July and bottoms out near -18°C in January. The freeze holds for the better part of the year. The open season starts with the thaw, near enough mid May. Averages suggest open water from about mid May through to roughly early November. The strongest runs come at either end of the open season. Hawdt Lake runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. There is no mapped parking or launch close by, which usually means walking in. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. If the gate is shut, Nokudsay Lake at 2.4 km is the nearest alternative. Treat access at Hawdt Lake as something to verify.