Fishing Hookah Lake in Algoma, Ontario

• Overview

  Hookah Lake is an Algoma water, Ontario side. The water sits 441 metres up. With some 28 hectares of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. At about 5.9 km of edge, most people work one arm at a time. By elevation it is in the upper part of our Ontario listings. Some 60 km away sits Wawa, the nearest settlement. For a city, Greater Sudbury is 277 km off. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Hookah Lake

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Survey and observation records for Algoma include walleye, northern pike, Iowa darter, yellow perch and white sucker. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. Hookah Lake fishes better once you know its edges.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warmest month averages 16°C, the coldest about -14°C. Winter shuts the surface down for months. Break-up comes around late April, and the run that follows is short and strong. Averages place the thaw at late April and the freeze at mid November. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. That is the shape of the year on Hookah Lake.

• 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. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Read any posted signs at the access point rather than assuming. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Failing this one, try Masalin Lake, 2.2 km away. Check the current arrangement for Hookah Lake.