Audrey Lake, Ontario: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Audrey Lake sits within Cochrane District in Ontario. The bank is 218 metres above sea level. At some 1.44 sq km it is far too large to cover on foot in a day. The margin runs to about 7.1 km in total. It is among the larger waters listed here for Cochrane District. You are 28 km from Kapuskasing. The big place round here is Greater Sudbury, 339 km distant. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Audrey Lake

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Public occurrence data for Cochrane District names northern pike, yellow perch, white sucker and Iowa darter. Records at county level tell you what is around, not what is stocked here. Fish Audrey Lake to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is -19°C to 17°C. The freeze holds for the better part of the year. The lid usually goes in early May, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. Average temperatures cross freezing around early May in spring and again near mid November in autumn. The open run goes from the thaw to the freeze, and April through October covers most of it. Audrey Lake fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  There is no clear statement anywhere on who can fish it. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. Mapping records no facilities at all near this water. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Provincial rules still apply whatever the bank status. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Little Audrey Lake at 1.8 km is the sensible second choice. Signs at Audrey Lake carry more weight than any list.