Fishing at Lisgar Lake, Algoma, Ontario

• Overview

  Lisgar Lake is set in Algoma, Ontario. The country round it is taiga from end to end. Surface area is around 53 hectares, which gives you real water without needing a boat. The perimeter runs near 7.3 km, so plan the walk before you start. Kapuskasing is the closest place, 68 km off. Greater Sudbury sits 282 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Lisgar Lake

  We hold no depth figure for this one. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Reported across Algoma: walleye, northern pike, Iowa darter and yellow perch. The county list is broader than any single water. Lisgar Lake gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 17°C at the top of summer and -18°C at the bottom of winter. The fishing year opens late and shuts early. The lid arrives early and lasts until roughly early May. Break-up near early May, freeze-up near mid November: that is the shape of an average year. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. On Lisgar Lake that shapes the whole year.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. Nothing built is recorded close to the bank here. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Look for a notice board at the entrance. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. If the gate is shut, Wakusimi Lake at 6.1 km is the nearest alternative. Where Lisgar Lake is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.