Fishing Farrel Lake in Algoma, Ontario

• Overview

  Set in Algoma, Farrel Lake is an Ontario water. Mixed forest runs right down to the water. With some 14 hectares of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. Bank access stretches around 2.1 km in total. Most waters listed here for Algoma are larger. The town to know is Thessalon, 46 km out. Blind River is 64 km away, with Elliot Lake at 69 km. Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.

• Where to Fish on Farrel Lake

  Depth figures are not published for this one. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. 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. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Fish Farrel Lake where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 18°C; the cold one sits at -12°C. The year runs cold to warm and back, with clear transitions. The freeze runs deep into the year, with break-up near late April. Going by climate averages, expect open water from about late April until roughly late November. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. The season on Farrel Lake follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. Mapping records no facilities at all near this water. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Parking space is the usual limit rather than the bank itself. Keep proof of licence with you rather than in the car. Should this one be busy, Teepee Lake is 2.3 km off. Signs at Farrel Lake carry more weight than any list.