Gordon Lake Fishing near Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario

• Overview

  Gordon Lake lies in Algoma, in Ontario. Country round the bank runs to lake country bush. Surface area runs to about 9 hectares — small enough to read in one session. The full circuit measures close to 1.9 km on foot. Our Algoma list holds plenty of bigger water. 15 km away sits Sault Ste. Marie, the nearest town. The big place round here is Greater Sudbury, 246 km distant. It sits near the edge of the county, so check which rules apply.

• Where to Fish on Gordon Lake

  Nothing in our records gives a depth for this one. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Public occurrence data for Algoma names walleye, northern pike and Iowa darter. Take it as the county picture rather than a promise for this water. At Gordon Lake light and wind decide more than tackle does.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 18°C; the cold one sits at -12°C. Winter shuts the surface down for months. The lid usually goes in late April, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. Climate figures give an open season running late April to late November. June through September is the settled part of the year, with the shoulders busier for fish. Time your trip to Gordon Lake by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public sources are silent on who controls the bank. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. Nothing is mapped in the way of a ramp or car park within a short radius. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Check locally before you travel, because a wasted drive is a long one. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. St. Joe Lake, 1.9 km away, makes the obvious fallback. None of that is settled for Gordon Lake in what we hold.