Fishing at Bajoras Lake, Algoma, Ontario

• Overview

  Bajoras Lake is an Algoma water, in Ontario. Height above sea level is 416 metres. At about 48 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. The margin runs to about 5.0 km in total. The nearest town is Elliot Lake, 81 km away. It is 165 km to Greater Sudbury, the nearest city. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Bajoras Lake

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Reported across Algoma: walleye, northern pike and Iowa darter. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. The shape of Bajoras Lake decides where the fish sit.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Temperature averages peak at 17°C in July and bottom out at -14°C in January. Cold winters and warm summers give a wide working range. The lid usually goes in late April, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. Ice usually gives way near late April, and forms again about late November. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. The season on Bajoras Lake rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. Nothing in the way of made access shows up nearby: no ramp, no car park, no path. 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. Check whether bait restrictions apply before you buy any. If the gate is shut, Alf Lake at 1.9 km is the nearest alternative. Where Bajoras Lake is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.