Lost Lake Fishing in Algoma, Ontario

• Overview

  This water sits in Algoma, Ontario. This is spruce and muskeg country. With some 41 hectares of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. Around 3.5 km of margin, front to back. For supplies, Hornepayne is 42 km out. The nearest city of size is Thunder Bay, 363 km away. The nearest boundary is a fair way off. In wet weather the last stretch of track is the awkward part.

• Where to Fish on Lost Lake

  Nothing in our records gives a depth for this one. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Records held for Algoma cover walleye, northern pike, Iowa darter and yellow perch. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Lost Lake fishes better once you know its edges.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 17°C; the cold one sits at -18°C. The window is narrow, and fish feed hard while it lasts. Ice-out usually falls in early May, and the weeks after it fish hardest. Ice usually gives way near early May, and forms again about mid November. Right after break-up, and again as the nights sharpen, is when to go. Time your trip to Lost Lake by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public sources are silent on who controls the bank. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. No made access appears within a short radius, so plan to park on a verge and walk. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. Should this one be busy, Kabinakagami Lake is 5 km off. None of that is settled for Lost Lake in what we hold.