Fishing at Pine Island Lake, Algoma, Ontario

• Overview

  Pine Island Lake is listed under Algoma, Ontario. Around the bank it is lake country bush. Surface area is around 33 hectares, which gives you real water without needing a boat. Roughly 4.0 km of bank means you can walk to a fresh area when one goes quiet. Thessalon is the closest town at 40 km. The big place round here is Greater Sudbury, 193 km distant. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Pine Island 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 productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. County-wide records name walleye, northern pike, Iowa darter and yellow perch. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. On Pine Island Lake the quiet end is the one worth the extra effort.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs -12°C to 18°C. Winter closes the water for a while, and the reopening is worth catching. After late April the shallows warm and the fish move up. Averages suggest open water from about late April through to roughly late November. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. On Pine Island Lake the same rules apply, with local timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. There is no recorded infrastructure here; expect to find your own way in. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Failing this one, try Tee Lake, 1.3 km away. Rules at Pine Island Lake are worth checking on the day.