Ogidaki Lake in Algoma: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Ogidaki Lake sits within Algoma in Ontario. The country here is lake country bush. The water covers some 42 hectares, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. Shoreline comes to about 3.4 km, small enough to learn in a day. The town to know is Sault Ste. Marie, 50 km out. It is 251 km to Greater Sudbury, the nearest city. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Ogidaki Lake

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Open biodiversity records for Algoma list walleye, northern pike, Iowa darter and yellow perch. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. On Ogidaki Lake the first feature you find is usually worth a session.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is -13°C to 17°C. The year runs cold to warm and back, with clear transitions. Hard cover is dependable here; it goes around late April. The season between ice runs from about late April to late November. The strongest runs come at either end of the open season. On Ogidaki Lake that shapes the whole year.

• Tackle & Baits

  Ownership and access are not documented in what we hold. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. Nothing in the way of made access shows up nearby: no ramp, no car park, no path. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. The nearest alternative is Achigan Lake, 4.3 km out. Where Ogidaki Lake is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.