Dick Lake Fishing Guide, Algoma, Ontario

• Overview

  You will find Dick Lake in Algoma, Ontario. The ground around here is rolling bush. Roughly 1.01 sq km of surface: treat each bay as a water in its own right. Some 11 km of bank gives room to move when the wind turns. Few waters listed in Algoma are bigger. Some 66 km away sits Sault Ste. Marie, the nearest settlement. The big place round here is Greater Sudbury, 265 km distant. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Dick Lake

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Species logged across Algoma include walleye, northern pike and Iowa darter. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Fish Dick Lake where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 17°C at the top of summer and -13°C at the bottom of winter. Hard water is a season in its own right here. The lid usually sets by midwinter and gives way around late April. Averages place the thaw at late April and the freeze at late November. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. The season on Dick Lake follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. No car park, ramp or path is recorded within easy reach of the shore. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Keep proof of licence with you rather than in the car. For a change of water, McGovern Lake is 1.9 km distant. The position on Dick Lake is worth confirming on the day.