Location Lake in Algoma: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Set in Algoma, Ontario, this is Location Lake. The surface lies 469 metres up. Surface area is around 84 hectares, which gives you real water without needing a boat. You are looking at roughly 8.6 km of shoreline, with plenty of water between access points. It sits higher than most water we list in Ontario. Nearest place of any size is Elliot Lake, 46 km away. It is 151 km to Greater Sudbury, the nearest city. The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Location Lake

  Depth remains unrecorded, so treat the first session as a survey. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Records held for Algoma cover walleye, northern pike, Iowa darter and yellow perch. The county figures include rivers and lakes alike. Treat Location Lake as a water to read rather than to cover.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The year swings from about -13°C in January to roughly 18°C in July. The season turns properly here, and fish follow it closely. The lid usually sets by midwinter and gives way around late April. Open water usually runs from late April until about late November. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. Anyone fishing Location Lake regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. There is no recorded infrastructure here; expect to find your own way in. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. Little Cedar Lake sits 2.8 km off and takes the overflow. Nothing on Location Lake should be assumed from this page alone.