Carter Lake Fishing Guide, Algoma, Ontario

• Overview

  Carter Lake lies in Algoma, Ontario. Elevation runs to 358 metres. The water covers some 65 hectares, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. The margin runs to about 6.4 km in total. For supplies, Wawa is 66 km out. Greater Sudbury is the closest city, 319 km away. Round about: Shehan Lake lies 1.5 km on, Macamic Lake out at 2.1 km, Meath Lake lies 2.3 km on, Moorhouse Lake out at 2.7 km and Kathleen Bay lies 3.7 km on. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Carter Lake

  Depth is not on record here, so the bank has to tell you. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Survey and observation records for Algoma include walleye, northern pike, Iowa darter and yellow perch. County records show what lives in the area; the local agency holds the water-by-water list. Carter Lake repays a walk before the first cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Temperature averages peak at 16°C in July and bottom out at -16°C in January. The freeze holds for the better part of the year. Firm cover through the cold months, then open water from early May. Average temperatures cross freezing around early May in spring and again near mid November in autumn. The strongest runs come at either end of the open season. Carter Lake runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. Shehan Lake, 1.5 km away, makes the obvious fallback. The position on Carter Lake is worth confirming on the day.