McEwen Lake Fishing Guide, Algoma, Ontario

• Overview

  Within Algoma, Ontario, you have McEwen Lake. The country round it is mixed forest from end to end. With some 99 hectares of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. Some 11 km of bank gives room to move when the wind turns. On our Algoma list it sits near the top for size. For supplies, Chapleau is 59 km out. Wawa is 61 km and Sault Ste. Marie 126 km. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on McEwen Lake

  The records we hold are silent on depth, so plan to find it yourself. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Records held for Algoma cover walleye, northern pike, Iowa darter and yellow perch. It is the county picture; the agency list is water-specific. At McEwen Lake the water rewards a slow, careful approach.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Between January at about -15°C and July at about 16°C, the water has a wide range to work through. A solid cap is the normal state through winter. The lid usually goes in late April, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. The open-water window runs from around late April to about mid November in an average year. June through September is the settled part of the year, with the shoulders busier for fish. McEwen Lake fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. There is no mapped parking or launch close by, which usually means walking in. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Check whether a boat is allowed before you tow one. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Should this one be busy, Brant Lake is 2.2 km off. Where McEwen Lake is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.