Mefrau Lake in Algoma: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  You will find Mefrau Lake in Algoma, Ontario. Height above sea level is 327 metres. Small at around 7 hectares: two anglers spread out cover most of it. Our Algoma list holds plenty of bigger water. 6.3 km away sits Hornepayne, the nearest town. It is 339 km to Thunder Bay, the nearest city. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Mefrau Lake

  There is no published depth for this one, so start shallow and work out. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. County-wide records name walleye, northern pike, Iowa darter, yellow perch and white sucker. Read it as a county summary, not a water-by-water list. Fish Mefrau Lake to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate records put July near 16°C and January near -19°C. Ice holds for a long stretch, so the open weeks matter more here than further south. Hard water holds through the cold months, breaking up near early May. Average temperatures cross freezing around early May in spring and again near mid November in autumn. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. Time your trip to Mefrau Lake by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, so treat access as rough. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Check locally before you travel, because a wasted drive is a long one. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. Should this one be busy, Marten Lake is 0.9 km off. None of that is settled for Mefrau Lake in what we hold.