Little Peckerwood Lake in Algoma: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  You will find Little Peckerwood Lake in Algoma, Ontario. Beyond the shoreline you have spruce and muskeg. The water covers around 1.52 sq km, which puts most of it out of reach from the bank. The margin runs to about 20 km in total. Size puts it in the front rank of our Algoma list. Wawa is the closest town at 63 km. Greater Sudbury sits 340 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Little Peckerwood Lake

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Fish documented in Algoma include walleye, northern pike and Iowa darter. The county figures include rivers and lakes alike. On Little Peckerwood Lake the obvious spot is not always the productive one.

• Seasonal Patterns

  On the long-term average, July reads 16°C and January reads -17°C. Everything is compressed into the middle of the year. The freeze runs deep into the year, with break-up near early May. The season between ice runs from about early May to mid November. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. On Little Peckerwood Lake the same rules apply, with local timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Failing this one, try Summit Lake, 2.8 km away. Rules at Little Peckerwood Lake are worth checking on the day.