Mellon Lake Fishing in Algoma, Ontario

• Overview

  Look for Mellon Lake in Algoma, Ontario. Height above sea level is 380 metres. Roughly 13 hectares: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. With about 2.7 km of edge, you can try several depths in one session. Our Algoma list holds plenty of bigger water. Some 8.7 km away sits Elliot Lake, the nearest settlement. Then Blind River, 40 km, and Espanola, 69 km. The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Mellon Lake

  We hold no depth figure for this one. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Reported across Algoma: walleye, northern pike, Iowa darter, yellow perch and white sucker. The list covers the county rather than this water alone, so treat it as a guide. Fish Mellon Lake to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 18°C in July and bottoms out near -12°C in January. Fishing here follows the temperature more than the calendar. Ice is part of the season here, ending near late April. The lid tends to go about late April and return around late November. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. At Mellon Lake the season follows that pattern closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. Nothing is mapped in the way of a ramp or car park within a short radius. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Gander Lake, 0.7 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Where Mellon Lake is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.