Fishing Patrick Lake in Algoma, Ontario

• Overview

  Patrick Lake is listed under Algoma, Ontario. It stands 310 metres above sea level. Roughly 1.95 sq km of surface: treat each bay as a water in its own right. Around 8.7 km of bank, which is a long day on foot. Few waters listed in Algoma are bigger. Hornepayne sits 52 km from here and is the nearest stop. It is 377 km to Greater Sudbury, the nearest city. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Patrick Lake

  We hold no survey for this water; read the slope of the shoreline instead. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Reported across Algoma: walleye, northern pike, Iowa darter, yellow perch and white sucker. It is the county picture; the agency list is water-specific. The shape of Patrick Lake rewards a slow walk along one bank.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Seasonal averages run from -18°C in January up to 16°C in July. Open water is the exception rather than the rule here. The lid usually sets by midwinter and gives way around early May. The lid tends to go about early May and return around mid November. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. That is the shape of the year on Patrick Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. Nothing is listed nearby for parking or launching a boat. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Ask in the nearest town if you are unsure. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. The nearest alternative is Kamp Lake, 2.7 km out. Where Patrick Lake is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.