Broadtail Lake, Ontario: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  In Ontario, Broadtail Lake falls inside Algoma. The water sits 356 metres up. Roughly 14 hectares: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. With 6.9 km or so of shoreline, boat anglers cover ground the bank cannot. On size it sits at the modest end of our Algoma list. The nearest place of any size is Wawa, 26 km away. Further out sit Chapleau (104 km) and Sault Ste. Marie (142 km). Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.

• Where to Fish on Broadtail Lake

  Depth is not on record here, so the bank has to tell you. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Survey and observation records for Algoma include walleye, northern pike, Iowa darter and yellow perch. The county figures include rivers and lakes alike. On Broadtail Lake that means starting tight and working out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 16°C in July and bottoms out near -14°C in January. Hard water is a season in its own right here. Hard cover is dependable here; it goes around late April. Break-up near late April, freeze-up near late November: that is the shape of an average year. Late spring and early autumn carry the year between them. Broadtail Lake runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. Mapping records no facilities at all near this water. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. For a change of water, Red Rock Lake is 3.3 km distant. Check the current arrangement for Broadtail Lake.