Black Lake Fishing in Algoma, Ontario

• Overview

  Set in Algoma, Ontario, this is Black Lake. Height above sea level is 238 metres. It measures about 28 hectares, which is a comfortable size for bank fishing. The edge runs 5.0 km or so, easy to work in an afternoon. Elliot Lake lies 23 km from the water. It is 112 km to Greater Sudbury, the nearest city. Others close at hand: Shedden Lake 1.1 km, Clear Lake sits 1.9 km out, Tweedle Lake 2.5 km, Camp Lake sits 2.5 km out and Wing Lake 2.6 km. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Black Lake

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Survey and observation records for Algoma include walleye, northern pike and Iowa darter. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. Black Lake repays a walk before the first cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 19°C in July and bottoms out near -11°C in January. Cold locks it up for a good stretch each year. The open season starts with the thaw, near enough mid April. The water is typically free of ice between mid April and early December. From the thaw to midsummer the fishing improves week by week. Expect Black Lake to follow that timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. Nothing is listed nearby for parking or launching a boat. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. For a change of water, Shedden Lake is 1.1 km distant. Rules at Black Lake are worth checking on the day.