Florence Lake Fishing Guide, Algoma, Ontario

• Overview

  Florence Lake is one of the Algoma waters in Ontario. The bank gives way to northern bush. At about 18 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. Shoreline comes to about 1.9 km, small enough to learn in a day. The closest town, Wawa, is 51 km distant. Greater Sudbury sits 335 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Florence Lake

  Depth here is unknown, so count the lead down before committing. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Algoma records list walleye, northern pike, Iowa darter and yellow perch among the fish reported. The county figures include rivers and lakes alike. Fish Florence Lake to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Between January at about -16°C and July at about 16°C, the water has a wide range to work through. Cold dominates the calendar on water this far north. The open season starts with the thaw, near enough early May. Expect the water usable from around early May until roughly mid November. Spring is short and heavy here; autumn is longer and steadier. Time your trip to Florence Lake by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether the bank is open is not something our records settle. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. Nothing formal is recorded here: no ramp, no car park, no marked path. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Look for a notice board at the entrance. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. Rosa Lake, 1.2 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Nothing here settles the position at Florence Lake for certain.