Fishing at Little Agassiz Lake, Cochrane District, Ontario

• Overview

  Little Agassiz Lake is listed under Cochrane District, Ontario. This is northern bush ground. At about 76 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. The edge runs 4.4 km or so, easy to work in an afternoon. Smooth Rock Falls is the closest place, 53 km off. Greater Sudbury is the closest city, 345 km away. The nearest edge is a long way off, so local rules apply throughout.

• Where to Fish on Little Agassiz Lake

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Reported across Cochrane District: northern pike, yellow perch and white sucker. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. Work Little Agassiz Lake in sections rather than trying to cover it.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-run averages give July about 17°C and January about -19°C. The freeze holds for the better part of the year. Count the season from break-up, usually early May. The season between ice runs from about early May to mid November. The strongest runs come at either end of the open season. The season on Little Agassiz Lake rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. There is no mapped parking or launch close by, which usually means walking in. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. The nearest alternative is Agassiz Lake, 1.6 km out. Rules at Little Agassiz Lake are worth checking on the day.