Buddy Lake Fishing in Algoma, Ontario

• Overview

  Buddy Lake is an Algoma water, in Ontario. The bank is 420 metres above sea level. The water covers around 1.07 sq km, which puts most of it out of reach from the bank. Around 8.3 km of bank, which is a long day on foot. Few waters listed in Algoma are bigger. You are 67 km from Wawa. Further out sit Chapleau (73 km) and Sault Ste. Marie (110 km). It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Buddy Lake

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Across Algoma, recorded fish include walleye, northern pike, Iowa darter and yellow perch. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. On Buddy Lake a short move beats a long cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Between January at about -14°C and July at about 16°C, the water has a wide range to work through. Expect a real winter and a strong spring after it. Count the season from break-up, usually late April. Climate averages put the opening at about late April and the closing near mid November. The first weeks of open water and the last are the ones to plan for. That is the shape of the year on Buddy Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. Halfway Lake at 2.7 km is the sensible second choice. Where Buddy Lake is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.