Set up a broadside drift and cover the water systematically. Work a bushy searching pattern on the bob and drop a contrasting nymph on the point.
If the main plan is not working, switch to a smaller, more imitative pattern fished slower and deeper. A change of drift angle can also make a difference.
Keep an eye on changing conditions — wind shifts and cloud breaks can trigger short feeding spells.
A gentle ripple is ideal for drifting — broadside drift covering the wind lanes should be productive.
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A good match for Picnic Lake — most conditions are close to what it fishes best in.
At six metres deep it warms up in July, so the trout fishing belongs to spring and fall, when the swimmers have gone home anyway.
A 123-acre, 6 m-deep recreational lake 7 km east-north-east of Edam, stocked in alternating years with brown trout and tiger trout (around 10,000 each time). Municipal campground, day-use area, beach and boat launch; yellow perch also present.
Wading: Shallow lake with a busy beach and campground in summer
Picnic Lake is a family lake that happens to be good trout water — a municipal campground, a beach, a boat launch, and ten thousand trout going in most years, alternating brown trout and tiger trout.
Set up a broadside drift and cover the water systematically. Work a bushy searching pattern on the bob and drop a contrasting nymph on the point.
If the main plan is not working, switch to a smaller, more imitative pattern fished slower and deeper. A change of drift angle can also make a difference.
Keep an eye on changing conditions — wind shifts and cloud breaks can trigger short feeding spells.
A gentle ripple is ideal for drifting — broadside drift covering the wind lanes should be productive.
Hatch predictions
Top prey shown — see all 2 as a supporter.
Start free trial14-day free trial. Cancel anytime.
Numbers are intensity 0 (none) to 3 (peak) — a guide, not a guarantee.
A good match for Picnic Lake — most conditions are close to what it fishes best in.
At six metres deep it warms up in July, so the trout fishing belongs to spring and fall, when the swimmers have gone home anyway.
A 123-acre, 6 m-deep recreational lake 7 km east-north-east of Edam, stocked in alternating years with brown trout and tiger trout (around 10,000 each time). Municipal campground, day-use area, beach and boat launch; yellow perch also present.
Wading: Shallow lake with a busy beach and campground in summer
Picnic Lake is a lake in Saskatchewan — west-central (ENE of Edam, NNW of North Battleford), Canada. Its recorded elevation is about 567 m above sea level and the catchment geology is glacial till. The species listed for this water is brown trout. The trout season is recorded as running from 5 May to 31 March. Best window recorded for anglers: From the 5 May opener to mid-June, and September–October. Shallow water warms in midsummer. Core methods listed: Chironomids over the shoals; Low-light streamer fishing for bigger browns.
