Ogasiwi Lake Fishing Guide, Algoma, Ontario

• Overview

  Ogasiwi Lake is listed under Algoma, Ontario. The ground around here is spruce and muskeg. It measures some 4.12 sq km, and wind has room to build across it. At about 17 km of edge, most people work one arm at a time. Size puts it in the front rank of our Algoma list. Start from Chapleau, 59 km down the road. Then Wawa, 62 km, and Hornepayne, 127 km. It sits near the edge of the county, so check which rules apply.

• Where to Fish on Ogasiwi Lake

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Algoma records list walleye, northern pike, Iowa darter, yellow perch and white sucker among the fish reported. Species recorded across the county may be limited to a few waters. On Ogasiwi Lake a short move beats a long cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is -16°C to 17°C. Little of the calendar is open water, so timing counts for everything. The open season starts with the thaw, near enough early May. Average temperatures cross freezing around early May in spring and again near mid November in autumn. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. It holds true on Ogasiwi Lake more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this 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. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. For a change of water, Where Lake is 2.9 km distant. Check the position at Ogasiwi Lake before loading the car.