Ladue Lake Fishing Guide, Mayo, Yukon

• Overview

  Out in Mayo, Yukon, sits Ladue Lake. Elevation runs to 854 metres. Surface area runs to roughly 2.53 sq km, so plan for one area rather than the whole. You are looking at roughly 12 km of shoreline, with plenty of water between access points. Supplies mean a trip to Dawson City, 204 km off. Beyond it, Whitehorse at 366 km and Tok at 388 km. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Ladue Lake

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Public occurrence data for Mayo names Chinook salmon, mountain whitefish and sockeye salmon. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. Ladue Lake repays a walk before the first cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-run averages give July about 12°C and January about -24°C. A short, intense season is the rule this far north. Count on hard cover from midwinter, and open water from late May. Ice usually gives way near late May, and forms again about early October. The middle of summer slows a little, with dawn and dusk carrying it. Anyone fishing Ladue Lake regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Public mapping records no formal access here, so plan for a walk and soft ground. Salmon and sea-run fish answer to spoons and spinners where lure fishing is allowed; check the method rules first. A phone call first saves an afternoon. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Should this one be busy, Gambler Lake is 2.4 km off. Treat access at Ladue Lake as something to verify.