A drive-to northern lake with walleye, pike and lake trout.
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Where: Northern Saskatchewan
Size: about 367,000 acres
Access: Drive-to at the town of La Ronge (Highway 2).
Deepest: 135 ft
Average depth: about 42 ft
Species to target: Walleye, northern pike, lake trout
Walleye limit (US angler): 2; only 1 over 55 cm
Typical ice-out: late May
Who else is on the water: several outfitters
Size (acres)
Sydney & Kilburn: about 17,570 (Sydney 14,240 with the Sturgeon River + Kilburn 3,330)
Lac La Ronge: about 367,000
Boats on an average summer day
Sydney & Kilburn: 10
Lac La Ronge: ?
Acres per boat
Sydney & Kilburn: 1,760
Lac La Ronge: ?
Rough-water days a season
Sydney & Kilburn: 1.7 (Kilburn 0) ✓
Lac La Ronge: 46.2
Sheltered water
Sydney & Kilburn: 75% ✓
Lac La Ronge: 52%
Walleye a US angler may keep each day
Sydney & Kilburn: 2, both 18 in or under
Lac La Ronge: 2; only 1 over 55 cm
Clearest summer water
Sydney & Kilburn: 26 ft
Lac La Ronge: ?
Deepest spot
Sydney & Kilburn: 240 ft (Kilburn 213 ft) ✓
Lac La Ronge: 135 ft
Cisco (tullibee)
Sydney & Kilburn: ●
Lac La Ronge: ●
Whitefish
Sydney & Kilburn: ●
Lac La Ronge: ●
Free of invasive smelt
Sydney & Kilburn: ●
Lac La Ronge: ●
Mayfly mud flats
Sydney & Kilburn: ●
Lac La Ronge: ?
Disturbances on or upstream (of 6)
Sydney & Kilburn: 0 ✓
Lac La Ronge: 4
Typical ice-out
Sydney & Kilburn: about May 5
Lac La Ronge: late May
Hours from Minneapolis
Sydney & Kilburn: 7 h drive + 0.5 h flight ✓
Lac La Ronge: 17 h drive
Who else is on the water
Sydney & Kilburn: 1 lodge, 0 cottages
Lac La Ronge: several outfitters
✓ marks the better value. ? means we couldn’t find accurate data or a close estimate. We’ve made every effort to be accurate, but some figures are estimates and there may be errors or gaps. How we measured
