Strickland Lake Fishing in Dawson, Yukon

• Overview

  Strickland Lake is set in Dawson, Yukon. Elevation runs to 591 metres. Roughly 38 hectares: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. The edge runs 2.0 km or so, easy to work in an afternoon. Ground here is low by Yukon standards. You are 67 km from Dawson City. For a city, Anchorage is 671 km off. Others close at hand: Lenore Lake at 5.3 km, Gravel Lake (14 km), McKay Lake at 14 km and Barlow Lake (25 km). No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Strickland Lake

  There is no published depth for this one, so start shallow and work out. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Public occurrence data for Dawson names Arctic grayling, Chinook salmon, lake whitefish and round whitefish. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. The near bank of Strickland Lake is often the one people ignore.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July runs about 14°C on average, January about -26°C. Winter owns most of the year at this latitude. Once it clears, about mid May, the fishing comes on quickly. Open water usually runs from mid May until about mid October. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. At Strickland Lake the season follows that pattern closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing on record says whether the bank is open or closed. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. No built facilities appear in mapping around this water. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. Lenore Lake at 5.3 km is the sensible second choice. Treat access at Strickland Lake as something to verify.