Cinder Lake in Algoma: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Cinder Lake is one of the Algoma waters in Ontario. It lies 358 metres above sea level. At about 42 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. With about 4.0 km of edge, you can try several depths in one session. Elliot Lake sits 10 km from the bank. For a city, Greater Sudbury is 126 km off. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Cinder Lake

  Depth remains unrecorded, so treat the first session as a survey. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Survey and observation records for Algoma include walleye, northern pike and Iowa darter. It is the county picture; the agency list is water-specific. The shape of Cinder Lake decides where the fish sit.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Between January at about -12°C and July at about 18°C, the water has a wide range to work through. Hard water is a season in its own right here. Hard cover is dependable here; it goes around late April. The open-water window runs from around late April to about late November in an average year. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. It sets the rhythm of the year at Cinder Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. A campsite is mapped about 610 m away, which makes an early start easier. Facilities include toilets around 1.4 km from here. Season dates differ by species, so read the table. Check whether bait restrictions apply before you buy any. Denison Lake sits 0.6 km off and takes the overflow. What applies at Cinder Lake may have changed since it was mapped.