Fishing at Leaningstone Lake, Algoma, Ontario

• Overview

  Leaningstone Lake sits in Algoma, out in Ontario. The ground round it is spruce and muskeg. With some 77 hectares of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. The shoreline runs about 8.4 km, so it pays to pick a stretch and stay with it. Head to Chapleau, 53 km away, for anything you forgot. It is 273 km to Greater Sudbury, the nearest city. No boundary runs near, so the local rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on Leaningstone Lake

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Survey and observation records for Algoma include walleye, northern pike and Iowa darter. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. At Leaningstone Lake light and wind decide more than tackle does.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is -17°C to 17°C. This is a two-season water: locked, then wide open. Count on hard cover from midwinter, and open water from early May. Expect the water usable from around early May until roughly mid November. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. Anyone fishing Leaningstone Lake regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether the bank is open is not something our records settle. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Nothing in the way of made access shows up nearby: no ramp, no car park, no path. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Keep proof of licence with you rather than in the car. Busby Lake at 2.7 km is the sensible second choice. Check the current arrangement for Leaningstone Lake.