Hixon Lake in Algoma: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Hixon Lake falls in Algoma, part of Ontario. The surface lies 432 metres up. It runs to roughly 49 hectares — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. With about 4.2 km of edge, you can try several depths in one session. Elliot Lake sits 84 km from the bank. The big place round here is Greater Sudbury, 181 km distant. No county line comes close, which keeps the paperwork simple.

• Where to Fish on Hixon Lake

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Reported across Algoma: walleye, northern pike and Iowa darter. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. The near bank of Hixon Lake is often the one people ignore.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 17°C; the cold one sits at -14°C. The year splits cleanly: hard water, then open water. Firm cover through the cold months, then open water from late April. Ice clears near late April and comes back about late November in a typical year. The middle of summer slows a little, with dawn and dusk carrying it. That is the shape of the year on Hixon Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. No car park, ramp or path is recorded within easy reach of the shore. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Marisea Lake at 1.2 km is the sensible second choice. Confirm before you fish Hixon Lake.