Cashen Lake in Algoma: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Algoma, Ontario, is where Cashen Lake sits. It lies 345 metres above sea level. Roughly 19 hectares: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. Shoreline comes to about 3.8 km, small enough to learn in a day. 35 km away sits Elliot Lake, the nearest town. Blind River lies 39 km off, Thessalon another 51 km. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Cashen Lake

  We hold no survey for this water; read the slope of the shoreline instead. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Algoma records list walleye, northern pike, Iowa darter and yellow perch among the fish reported. The county figures include rivers and lakes alike. Fish Cashen Lake where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  On the long-term average, July reads 18°C and January reads -12°C. Winter shuts things down for a spell, then spring reopens them fast. Count the season from break-up, usually late April. The lid tends to go about late April and return around late November. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. The season on Cashen Lake rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing we hold confirms whether access is permitted. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. There is no recorded infrastructure here; expect to find your own way in. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. For a change of water, Dobie Lake is 2.2 km distant. Check the position on Cashen Lake before loading the car.