Mountain Lake Fishing in Algoma, Ontario

• Overview

  In Ontario, Mountain Lake belongs to Algoma. The bank is 308 metres above sea level. At 2.01 sq km this is proper open water rather than a pond. The edge covers about 12 km, enough to hold several distinct areas. It ranks high for size among our Algoma listings. 26 km away sits Hornepayne, the nearest town. Thunder Bay sits 364 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Mountain Lake

  No figure exists for depth, so let the water show you. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Open biodiversity records for Algoma list walleye, northern pike, Iowa darter, yellow perch and white sucker. Species recorded across the county may be limited to a few waters. Treat Mountain Lake as a water to read rather than to cover.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warmest month averages 16°C, the coldest about -18°C. Everything is compressed into the middle of the year. Ice-out usually falls in early May, and the weeks after it fish hardest. Averages suggest open water from about early May through to roughly mid November. Spring is short and heavy here; autumn is longer and steadier. That is the shape of the year on Mountain Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public sources are silent on who controls the bank. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. For a change of water, Penhurst Lake is 3.9 km distant. For Mountain Lake, the notice at the access point is the final word.