Stevens Lake Fishing Guide, Carmacks, Yukon

• Overview

  Stevens Lake is listed under Carmacks, Yukon. Around the bank it is open dry country. Roughly 6.87 sq km of surface: treat each bay as a water in its own right. Some 33 km of shoreline means conditions can differ from one end to the other. It is among the larger waters listed here for Carmacks. Nearest place of any size is Whitehorse, 173 km away. Anchorage is the closest city, 659 km away. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Stevens Lake

  We hold no survey for this water; read the slope of the shoreline instead. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Across Carmacks, recorded fish include Chinook salmon, Arctic grayling, northern pike and lake whitefish. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. Work Stevens Lake in sections rather than trying to cover it.

• Seasonal Patterns

  On the long-term average, July reads 12°C and January reads -21°C. The ice season is long here and the open one short. The open season starts with the thaw, near enough mid May. Averages suggest open water from about mid May through to roughly mid October. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. It sets the rhythm of the year at Stevens Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  The access position is unclear from public sources. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. No built facilities appear in mapping around this water. For the trout, small spinners and a box of nymphs cover both approaches. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. Polecat Lake at 4.4 km is the sensible second choice. None of that is settled for Stevens Lake in what we hold.