Fishing Murray Lake in Whitehorse, Yukon

• Overview

  Look for Murray Lake in Whitehorse, Yukon. The bank is 781 metres above sea level. It measures about 28 hectares, which is a comfortable size for bank fishing. Around 3.3 km of margin, front to back. You are 20 km from Whitehorse. Anchorage sits 812 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Murray Lake

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Records held for Whitehorse cover Chinook salmon, Arctic grayling and round whitefish. At least one recorded species is protected in parts of its range; read the local rules before targeting anything. The shape of Murray Lake decides where the fish sit.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The year swings from about -18°C in January to roughly 13°C in July. Water stays cold even at the height of the year. The lid arrives early and lasts until roughly early May. Averages place the thaw at early May and the freeze at early November. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. Murray Lake runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Swamp Lake at 0.9 km is the sensible second choice. Treat Murray Lake as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.